Claire begins to see the appeal of the sweltering city and is soon taken in by the Chen's driver, the curiously underutilized Will Truesdale.
Months after her husband is transferred to Hong Kong in 1951, she accepts a position as a piano teacher to the daughter of a wealthy couple, the Chens. But their sheltered lives take an abrupt turn after the Japanese occupation, and though their reactions are varied - denial, resistance, submission - the toll it takes on all is soon laid bare.Įnter Claire Pendleton from London. Comfortable, clever, and even a bit dazzling, they revel in their fancy dinners and fun parties. It's a city teeming with people, sights, sounds, and smells, and it's home to a group of foreign nationals who enjoy the good life among the local moneyed set, in a tight-knit social enclave distanced from the culture at large. Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, set in the 1940s and '50s.
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