Under Fishbone Clouds

Sam Meekings

Original title: Under fishbone clouds

earliest edition we have, 2009 Thorndike Press, 2011 707 pages

Thorndike Press large print core

Part love story and part historical narrative, this elegant debut novel follows a young Chinese couple as their love grows, and is tested, during Mao's Cultural Revolution. When the Kitchen God is challenged by the Jade Emperor to fathom the workings of the human heart, he chooses to follow the life of Jinyi and his wife Yuying, from their blossoming love until their old age, in hope of finding an answer. Under Fishb...

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Under Fishbone Clouds edition · 2025 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 342 pages · 9781504093736
Under Fishbone Clouds edition · 2025 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 342 pages · 9781504093705
Under fishbone clouds edition · 2011 · Thorndike Press · 707 pages · 9781410435828
Under fishbone clouds edition · 2010 · Thomas Dunne Books · 410 pages · 9780312622794
Under Fishbone Clouds edition · 2010 · St. Martin's Press · 9781429927550
Under fishbone clouds edition · 2009 · Polygon · 410 pages · 9780857900074

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