All the Flowers in Shanghai

Duncan Jepson,Duncan Jepson
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
December 20 2011
EAN: 9780062081605
ISBN: 0062081608

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Synopsis:

"Duncan Jepson magically inhabits the life of a young Chinese woman in 1930s Shanghai....I thoroughly enjoyed this book."
--Janice Y. K. Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Teacher

"Breathtaking....A great work that will move its readers."
--Hong Ying, international bestselling author of Daughter of the River

Readers previously enchanted by Memoirs of a Geisha, Empress, and the novels of Lisa See will be captivated by Duncan Jepson's marvelous debut, All the Flowers in Shanghai. Evocative, sweeping, yet intimate historical fiction, Jepson's novel transports us to a China on the brink of revolution, and witnesses this colorful, tumultuous world through the eyes of a woman forced into a life not of her choosing and driven to seek a bitter revenge. This epic journey into the heart of Asia is sure to mesmerize fans of Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.