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An Oprah.com Book of the Week, An Indie Next Pick, A Library Journal Barbara?s Pick, A Good Housekeeping August Book Pick, A Glamour Magazine Beach Read, and The Bookseller Editor?s Pick Li Lan, daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. Then she receives a proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family to become a ghost bride for the family?s only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Li Lan would have a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.,