The intrigues of past and present merge as Claire learns that repercussions of the war still resonate throughout the complicated city she now calls home. As their relationship develops, Claire realizes that her lover is hiding a devastating history to which her employers are linked. She soon begins an affair with the Chens' chauffeur, an embattled Will Truesdale. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton, a provincial newlywed, arrives in Hong Kong and lands a plush job teaching piano to the uninterested daughter of Victory and Melody Chen, an elite Chinese couple. As they and others struggle to survive, betrayals ripple through their fragile community. Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, s. Read 2,990 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. But the invasion of Japanese forces threatens their relationship: Will is sent to an internment camp, while Trudy remains on the outside forced to make dangerous alliances with the Japanese gendarmerie. Read 2,990 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Amid this startling collision of Eastern and Western cultures, Trudy Liang, a bold Eurasian socialite, and Will Truesdale, a newly arrived Englishman, begin a passionate affair. Impoverished local workers brush against a British expatriate society flourishing under illusions of wealth, grace and superiority. In 1941, Hong Kong is a bustling city under British rule.
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