![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I thoroughly enjoyed this book." - Janice Y. Duncan Jepson magically inhabits the life of a young Chinese woman in 1930s Shanghai, following Feng's unlikely evolution from neglected second daughter to first wife of the rich and powerful Sang family and her unexpected epilogue. It's a great work that will move its readers., "Jepson.evokes time and place well as he describes the life of privilege that Feng comes to take for granted only to have her life veer dramatically and be overtaken by the Great Leap Forward." - Booklist " does a solid job of voicing a female character." - Library Journal "Strong on detail and emotional intensity." - Kirkus Reviews " riveting storyline." - Publishers Weekly "Poignant and elegantly written." - Romantic Times "An accomplished first novel. Like a poem or a painting, it reveals the old Shanghai. I thoroughly enjoyed this book., This story is breathtaking. The life of this novel's main character is splintered into thousands of pieces, each of them reflecting the changes of Chinese history, yet all of them coming out in Duncan Jepson's poetic, passionate writing., An accomplished first novel. ![]()
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