Yangsze Choo
2020, 2025
Time Magazine Best Book of February
“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.” So begins The Fox Wife, an enchanting tale told by Snow, a hypnotically beautiful woman on a journey seeking vengeance for her child’s death. Snow is enigmatic, and one wonders, is she a woman or is she a white fox who has transformed herself into a woman? Set in 1908 in Manchuria, Snow’s story involves murder, disappearances, and bumbling detectives. The Fox Wife is a novel of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Choo is a fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. Her first novel, The Ghost Bride, became a Netflix series. Her second, The Night Tiger, was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller. She lives in California.
“Like all the best supernatural stories, The Fox Wife reveals something profound about humanity.” – The Washington Post.
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