The Piano Teacher: A Novel | 
so-soThis was going to be my #booked2022 for set in China but am now not quite sure. This is a split timeline 1940s and 1950s and I am not quite sure what the -950s added overall. For me this book was spoiled by reading so soon after the significantly better Gift of Rain as there are some similarities re settings in British colonial Asia and covering the challenges of WW2 and survival 📷 the Hong Kong Commonwealth War Cemetary taken in 2909
#ConflictedWorlds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Teacher Appreciation
pickAmazing. Lee is constantly leaving you begging for more. I was always trying to guess what was next, and always pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the beach company!
My inlaws recently moved to town and my husband went to visit. He brought home this book from my MIL. I squealed because I need a new book and he rolled his eyes at me! My husband is NOT a reader. He doesn't get it.
Now that I bailed on a book I am ready to curl up with something new. Any input? I have The Piano Teacher by Janice Y K Lee; The Echo Chamber by Luke Williams; and In America by Susan Sontag. I love Sontag but I actually am a piano teacher. I have never read Luke Williams but the philosophical nature of The Echo Chamber is right in my wheelhouse...
There is more than one #troubledrelationship in this volume! #awesomeautumnbooks
#FallIntoBooks Day 4: #OccupationInTitle - this one looks especially sultry
so-soI found this to be a nice quiet story. It did pick up towards the end & it was an interesting look into the Hong King Expat world of WWII & the early 50's. I just found it hard to get invested in any of the characters. I never quite found my way into the story, rather I found myself at a remove, looking in but wondering why I'm bothering.
I could get used to reading on this porch every morning! #lakevaca #loveporches
pickWill's story spans decades. He is an enigma. The story flashes forward and backward as it tries to explain how Will becomes a driver after loving and losing in war torn Japan. I liked the historical insights of British expatriates and their suffering in interment camps as well as natives forced to succumb or die. I enjoyed the comparison between his two women and their relationship. Not an easy read but worth the effort.
This is a wonderful novel at a great price! Full disclosure: the author was my sister's roommate at Harvard 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I just started this after a string of "meh" books, and so far it does not disappoint.
