Fishbone Cinderella
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 23 Jul 2026
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- 10,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
A bracelet. A curse. And golden fishbones to be returned to the sea ...
Guangdong, 1940. When Ha Yut Ying narrowly escapes Japanese soldiers by turning invisible, she knows her new-found magic must be kept a secret. But her mother, whose dreams foretell the future, suspects her daughter has changed, and warns her of a curse upon their family. For her protection, she gives her a gold bracelet whose links are shaped like fishbones.
After the war, Ha Yut Ying is sent to live with her father and his second wife, who have become wealthy factory owners in Hong Kong. Her stepmother, jealous of her beauty, forces her to work in the family's shoe factory.
But when Yut Ying collides with a boy on a bicycle on her way to work, she loses her bracelet. The boy is Tommy Yeung, scion of a local soymilk tycoon. And their encounter will change both of their destinies forever...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
YA author Lim (A Forgery of Fate) dazzles in her dark and deftly woven adult debut. Ha Yut Ying first discovers she can turn invisible while hiding from Japanese soldiers during WWII—the latest manifestation, her mother tells her, of a curse that passes through their family from mother to daughter. Her mother's curse is that she sees horrible visions of the future. Based on these visions, she sends Yut Ying to live with Yut Ying's father and his second wife in Hong Kong to escape the ongoing tumult in mainland China. Yut Ying ends up working as an unpaid cook for her stepmother. Denied the education she longs for, she dreams of escaping to America with her equally miserable half sister, Lily. In a dual narrative set in 1980, Marigold, Yut Ying's Americanized middle daughter, cursed with the ability to see what haunts people in their past, flies to Hong Kong with her mother, who has begun involuntarily flickering in and out of existence. There, the women search desperately for a way to keep Yut Ying from vanishing entirely. Blending the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo, this stunning tale will delight Lim's fans and newcomers alike. This is a gem.
