The Manor of Dreams

“A true modern classic. The Manor of Dreams is beautiful, eerie, and woven with enough intrigue to hold all who enter captive. Christina Li remains unmatched in breathing characters to life—and the hauntings thereafter.” —Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal LongingsMexican Gothic meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in Christina Li’s haunting novel about the secrets that lie in wait in the crumbling mansion of a former Hollywood starlet, and the intertwined fates of the two Chinese American families fighting to inherit it.Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career to live out the rest of her life as a recluse.

“Thrilling. . . Evocative. . . A swift and enjoyable read, increasingly spooky, with a surprising queer romance twining its way through.”—Los Angeles Times

“A carefully constructed, wholly imaginative novel. . . A page-turner with true literary merit, a very difficult balance to strike.”—The Chicago Review of Books

"Christina Li has woven together the struggles of immigration, the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, the resentments between upstairs-downstairs “friends,” and the glitz and disappointments of Hollywood to create a clever, unexpected, and lush ghost story. I curled up with The Manor of Dreams and read it over a single weekend."—Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Lady Tan's Circle of Women

"A true modern classic. The Manor of Dreams is beautiful, eerie, and woven with enough intrigue to hold all who enter captive. Christina Li remains unmatched in breathing characters to life—and the hauntings thereafter."—Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings

“You know that feeling when you watch the first episode of a streaming series and instantly know you’re going to binge the whole thing? That’s exactly how you’ll feel after reading the first chapter of The Manor of Dreams. A part of you—a very delighted part—will immediately think, ‘Cancel all my plans; I’m devouring this in one sitting.’ And that’s exactly what I did. Deliciously eerie, culturally vibrant, and historically profound—The Manor of Dreams is a dark pleasure.”—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"The Manor of Dreams peels back the promises of the American Dream to reveal something more painful, more heartbreaking, and ultimately, more true. An ambitious, evocative meditation on the hurts passed down across generations—and how we heal."—Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief

"Haunting, tender, and intoxicating. Written with gorgeous prose and unforgettable characters, Li's gothic adult debut will leave you devastated until the very end, and then long after you've put the book down."—Carolyn Huynh, author of The Family Recipe and The Fortunes of Jaded Women

“Richly imagined. . . Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic ought to take note of this beautiful and haunting novel."—Publishers Weekly

“Packed with gothic plot, gushing blood, choking clods of dirt, and angry ghosts—a smorgasbord for devotees.”—Kirkus Reviews