Synopsis
When Chinese student Jiao Mei is woken from her sleep in her Hampstead bedroom by what appears to be the ghost of her grandmother, she dismisses the encounter as a vivid dream. But when these night-time visitations persist, and she begins to experience cravings for spicy Chinese food, and morning sickness, she comes to accept that she is being haunted and that what the ghost is telling her - that she is pregnant by her Western boyfriend - is true. Tie Mei, her grandmother, fears for her reputation, and urges Jiao Mei to abandon her London life to return to China. But Tie Mei has other business in London, old scores to settle from her past, which will shock Jiao Mei into confronting the complex nature of her own cultural heritage, and unlock secrets which have haunted her family for generations.

This book was part of the Contemporary Asian Literature VBB
and is travelling to jumpingin now.
Happy reading!

The book has arrived safely--and quickly! Thank you very much.

Although I enjoyed this book, I was not quite sure what happened at the end. But then, given the mystical nature of the story, maybe I wasn't supposed to be sure. :)

Annimanni has chosen this book from the East Asian VBB. I will be sending it to her within the next few days.

Now on its way to Annimanni by surface mail.

Thank you very much, Susan! The book arrived today :)

This was a beautiful book, thank you for sharing!

Next off to Chania, who picked this from the 1st sentence VBB running on the Finnish forum, based on this:

"I'm coming, Jiaojiao, your scent alone guides me."

Oh, looks wonderful! This was a lovely surprise, can't wait to read this!

A lovely book! It took a while from me to get into this story, but soon I found it captivating and couldn't put it down.

Sending to TiiMa next, enjoy!

Thank you Chania for offering and sending this book! It's already here.

Thank you all for this reading experience! I really liked this story. First I had trouble following the different characters but after reading about third of the book I got it and really enjoyed every evening reading this.