The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex vanished world. -Kirkus (starred review) An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee Quick-witted ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission racing to fulfill his former master's dying wish: that Ren find the man's finger lost years ago in an accident and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so or his master's soul will wander the earth forever. As the days tick relentlessly by a series of unexplained deaths racks the district along with whispers of men who tu into tigers. Ji Lin and Ren's increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations hospital storage rooms and ghostly dreamscapes. Yangsze Choo's The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters age-old superstition and mode idealism sibling rivalry and forbidden love. But anchoring this dazzling propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible. A work of incredible beauty... Astoundingly captivating and striking... A transcendent story of courage and connection. -Booklist (starred review)

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