My second favorite novels are Asian themed. My favorite novels are often Jewish themed, and, of those, many deal with World War II and the Holocaust. The Song of the Jade Lily is a lush, provocative, and beautiful story of friendship, motherhood, the price of love, and the power of hardship and courage that can shape us all. Peeling back the layers of their hidden lives, she is forced to question what she knows about her family-and herself. Her grandfather is dying, and over the coming weeks Romy and Wilhelm begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. As fragments of her mother's history finally become clear, Alexandra struggles with what she learns while more is also revealed about her grandmother's own past in Shanghai.Īfter Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. Yet soon the realities of war prove to be too much for these close friends as they are torn apart.Ģ016: Fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm. Beautiful local Li and Jewish refugee Romy form a fierce friendship, but the deepening shadows of World War II fall over the women as they slip between the city's glamorous French Concession district and the teeming streets of the Shanghai Ghetto. “Kirsty Manning weaves together little-known threads of World War II history, family secrets, the past and the present into a page-turning, beautiful novel."- Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzĪ gripping historical novel that tells the little-known story of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.ġ939: Two young girls meet in Shanghai, also known as the “Paris of the East”.
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