CONDITION:
Brand new, publisher overstock. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. If you need more than 1 copy please let me know as I often have extras on hand that are not included in the "available quantity for sale".
A gripping historical novel that tells the little-known story of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.
1939: Two young girls meet in Shanghai, also known as the "Paris of
the East". Beautiful local Li and Jewish refugee Romy form a fierce
friendship, but the deepening shadows of World War II fall over the
women as they slip between the city's glamorous French Concession
district and the teeming streets of the Shanghai Ghetto. Yet soon the
realities of war prove to be too much for these close friends as they
are torn apart.
2016: Fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to
Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm. Her grandfather
is dying, and over the coming weeks Romy and Wilhelm begin to reveal
the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century.
As fragments of her mother's history finally become clear, Alexandra
struggles with what she learns while more is also revealed about her
grandmother's own past in Shanghai.
After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace
her grandparents' past. Peeling back the layers of their hidden lives,
she is forced to question what she knows about her family--and herself.
The Song of the Jade Lily is a lush, provocative, and beautiful
story of friendship, motherhood, the price of love, and the power of
hardship and courage that can shape us all.