The Funeral Cryer Format:Hardback Now with Mom dead and

Now with Mom dead and Dad in jail

the sisters will have to make a hard decision about which familial bonds are worth protecting

the one that should have launched a brilliant career

The top of her list

Not on the court

The Funeral Cryer Format:Hardback Now with Mom dead andDebut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one womans 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