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Book 36 of 2024. I really enjoyed this one, despite reviews on GoodReads. This is a new adult romance focusing on Farrah and Blake who meet studying abroad in Shanghai. Ana Huang wrote it when she was 19. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Readers in the wild! Starting the tagged on my phone because I forgot my earbuds 😫

#Soccer these parents yelling are going to make my nerves bad! 😂🤣

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Offers a unique glimpse into the lesser-known history of WWII Shanghai, where Chinese inhabitants, Jewish refugees, and Japanese occupiers lived in uneasy proximity. Through the eyes of Aiyi, a Chinese heiress, and Ernest, a Jewish pianist, Randel crafts a poignant tale of love and survival under harrowing circumstances.

First read this 30 years ago at school. A classic, and a stark reminder that the war wasn‘t just fought in Europe.

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This one starts in 2040 and works backwards to 2014! #aboutabook #setinfuture

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This powerful novel opens in Shanghai in 2040 and moves backward in time, revealing moments in the lives of the Yang family: Leo, a wealthy structural engineer and Shanghai native; his wife Eko, born in Japan and raised in Paris; their three daughters, Yumi, Yuko and Kiko; and glimpses of the staff whose lives are temporarily interwoven with theirs. Fascinating, beautifully written, and deeply tragic.

Following 4 young people and their families, this book looks at life in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation in WWII then on to the communist takeover of China and thereafter. It‘s a terrific, personalized way to explore history and excellent narrative nonfiction. I can‘t recommend it enough.