The Ghost Bride (novel)

The Ghost Bride is a novel by Yangsze Choo, and it was adapted into the 2020 Netflix television series of the same name.

Synopsis
Official description of The Ghost Bride:
 * Yangsze Choo’s stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.


 * Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a “ghost bride” for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price?


 * Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family.


 * The Ghost Bride is a wondrous coming-of-age story and from a remarkable new voice in fiction.