The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu

REPRINT KINDLE BOOK *** #39;A refreshing perspective on mourning, as well as a moving tale of a social outcast #39; - i-D Magazine*** An Yu #39;s Braised Pork meets Flaubert #39;s Madame Bovary in this unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of one woman #39;s mid-life re-awakening in contemporary rural China. The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job as a professional mourner and under-appreciated by The Husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of break-up. But just when things couldn #39;t be bleaker, The Funeral Cryer 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 #39;left behind #39; society - and proof that it #39;s never too late to change your life.