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Mon, 01/06/2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Kirsty Manning’s 2019 novel, The Song of the Jade Lily, about World War II era Jewish refugees in Shanghai. It’s a story about the role that Shanghai played in the rescue of 20,00 refugees from Europe before and during the second world war. A lovely novel giving portraits of Shanghai, “The Paris of the East”, and telling the stories of intense female relationships that were tested in the crucible of war. And, of course, a jade pendant…
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