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The Fox Wife: A Novel Audiobook
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Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .
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.
New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores 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.
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"Masterfully plotted and superbly surprising, The Fox Wife will entice you into a world of magic and heartbreak, a beautiful tapestry woven from love and revenge and forgiveness. Beware: once you start, you may not be able to put it down!"
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of Independence and The Last Queen
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“The Fox Wife is a rich tangle of myth, mystery, and history, delivered with Choo’s inimitable grace and precision. It’s not a book so much as a beguilement; it enchanted me entirely.”
— Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House -
“The Fox Wife will entice you into a world of magic and heartbreak, a beautiful tapestry woven from love and revenge and forgiveness.”
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of Independence -
“Choo’s writing is lush and the slow revelation of complicated relationships and reunions hum with tension. This is a treat.
— Publishers Weekly -
Magical, wonderous, transporting and illuminating, The Fox Wife reminds me that reading can be pure joy . . . I was captivated from the very first word of this novel until its very last. Yangsze Choo is a writer of immense talent.
— Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, internationally best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust Child -
A stunning story filled with wonder, mystery and folklore. I was utterly captivated by Yangsze Choo’s exquisite prose and fascinating characters from the first page till the last. A remarkable tale, one that will stay with me.
— Sue Lynn Tan, author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess -
Like the foxes who populate its pages, The Fox Wife is vivid, enigmatic, and enchanting. Choo's fresh new fable conjures a world where danger and intrigue are forever entwined with sublime and sensory delights.
— M.L. Rio, author of If We Were Villains -
The Fox Wife is a rich tangle of myth, mystery, and history, delivered with Choo's inimitable grace and precision. It's not a book so much as a beguilement; it enchanted me entirely.
— Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House -
Choo weaves yet another enthralling tale and, this time, it’s a glimpse of the immortal lives of foxes. Her prose is lush as ever and Snow is a captivating lens of emotions and magic.
— Roselle Lim, author of Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club
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A February 2024 LibraryReads Pick
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About Yangsze Choo
Yangsze Choo is a Malaysian author of Chinese descent. After receiving her undergraduate from Harvard, she worked as a management consultant before writing her debut novel, The Ghost Bride, now a Netflix original series. Her second novel, The Night Tiger, was a New York Times bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, and a Big Jubilee Read Selection for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Find her on her website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.