The Moon Opera

This "gem of a novel . . . gives us a glimpse not only into the Chinese opera world but deep into a woman's heart" (Lisa See, author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane).

Twenty years ago, in a fit of diva jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of The Moon Opera, violently assaulted her understudy. Spurned by the troupe, she turned to teaching.

Now, a rich cigarette-factory boss has offered to underwrite a restaging of the cursed opera—but only on the condition that Xiao Yanqiu return to the role o...