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Episode 72: Yangsze Choo's "Ghost Bride" Part 1

Episode 72: Yangsze Choo's "Ghost Bride" Part 1

Mako Bookclub
Comedy, Discussion, Literature, Diversity

Hello, colorful cast of characters! Welcome back to CPBC--that bi-weekly book club masquerading as a podcast. This month, we’re reading something spooky, a ghost story full of corruption, love, and mystery.

So join Ako and Marci as they follow Li Lan on her journey to avoid a terrible marriage and hopefully return to her body in Yangsze Choo’s haunted historical fiction novel The Ghost Bride.

Intro/Question: 00:06 - 14:19

Summary: 14:39 - 59:17

Discussion: 59:31 - 01:24:49

*Content Warning: Brief mention of suicide from 22:40 - 23:39 and from 45:55 - 46:06*

Interested in a similar spooky-type episode? Check out our other spooky ghost episodes on “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia here!

Episode 73: Yangsze Choo's "Ghost Bride" Part 2

Episode 73: Yangsze Choo's "Ghost Bride" Part 2
Episode 71: N.K. Jemisin's "Stone Sky" Part 2

Episode 71: N.K. Jemisin's "Stone Sky" Part 2