![]() ![]() ![]() When Pauline discovers a secret Camille has been hiding, their situation becomes dangerous and the two women must make a choice that binds them together forever. Pauline is offered refuge by Camille Roussel, a woman trying to escape from her abusive husband, and the two become fast friends. ![]() Set in France in the final days of the First World War, the book follows Pauline Deng, a young Chinese woman who runs away from her uncle's home in Paris to avoid an arranged marriage in Shanghai. Her latest book, The Porcelain Moon, is a story about forbidden love, belonging and freedom. Her novels Three Souls, Dragon Springs Road and The Library of Legends paint a picture of what life was like in China in the early 20th century. Janie Chang is a B.C.-based historical fiction writer who draws inspiration from her family history, ancestral tales and the stories she was told as a child about life in a Chinese small town pre-First World War. ![]()
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