The Funeral Cryer: A Novel by Wenyan Lu

30/04/2024 5 min
The Funeral Cryer: A Novel by Wenyan Lu

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Funeral Cryer: A Novel Author: Wenyan Lu Narrator: Helen Crevel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman’s midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China, for fans of Yiyun Li and Julie Otsuka. The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job and underappreciated by her husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of breakup. But just when things couldn't be bleaker, she takes a leap of faith—and in so doing, things start to take a surprising turn for the better. Dark, moving and wry, The Funeral Cryer is both an illuminating depiction of a “left behind” society—and proof that it's never too late to change your life.