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Author:

Chang, Janie.

Title:

The Porcelain Moon : A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love.

Publisher:

HarperCollins

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

400 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

World War I, 1914-1918--France--Fiction.
World War I, 1914-1918--Chinese Labour Corps--Fiction.
World War I, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Love Stories--Fiction.
Historical Fiction.

Summary:

France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps in the French countryside. In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage, and to end a love affair that can no longer continue. When Camille offers Pauline a room for her stay, the two women become friends. But it’s not long before Pauline uncovers a perilous secret that Camille has been hiding from her. As their dangerous situation escalates, the two women are forced to make a terrible decision that will bind them together for the rest of their lives. Set against the little-known history of the 140,000 Chinese workers brought to Europe as non-combatant labor during WWI, The Porcelain Moon is a tale of forbidden love, identity and belonging, and what we are willing to risk for freedom.

ISBN:

0063072866
9780063072862

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