SLCL Presents Bestselling “The Night Tiger” Novelist Yangsze Choo
SLCL Presents Bestselling “The Night Tiger” Novelist Yangsze Choo
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present acclaimed novelist Yangsze Choo for a discussion and signing of her new novel “The Fox Wife.” The event will take place on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Grant’s View Branch, 9700 Musick Rd., St. Louis MO, 63123.
The event is presented in partnership with The Very Asian Foundation.
The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.
New York Times bestselling author of “The Night Tiger,” a Reese’s Book Club Pick, and “The Ghost Bride,” now a Netflix Original series, Yangsze Choo presents a brilliant exploration of a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Epic in scope and full of singular, unforgettable characters, “The Fox Wife” is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
Manchuria, 1908.
In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman’s identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they’ve remained tantalizingly out of reach—until, perhaps, now.
Meanwhile, a family who owns a famous Chinese medicine shop can cure ailments but can’t escape the curse that afflicts them—their eldest sons die before their twenty-fourth birthdays. When a disruptively winsome servant named Snow enters their household, the family’s luck seems to change—or does it?
Snow is a creature of many secrets, but most of all she’s a mother seeking vengeance for her lost child. Hunting a murderer, she will follow the trail from northern China to Japan, while Bao follows doggedly behind. Navigating the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits, both Snow and Bao will encounter old friends and new foes, even as more deaths occur.
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