Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Piano Teacher

Janice Y.K. Lee
3.36/5 (20464 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, set in the 1940s and '50s. It's a city teeming with people, sights, sounds, and smells, and it's home to a group of foreign nationals who enjoy the good life among the local moneyed set, in a tight-knit social enclave distanced from the culture at large. Comfortable, clever, and even a bit dazzling, they revel in their fancy dinners and fun parties. But their sheltered lives take an abrupt turn after the Japanese occupation, and though their reactions are varied -- denial, resistance, submission -- the toll it takes on all is soon laid bare.

Enter Claire Pendleton from London. Months after her husband is transferred to Hong Kong in 1951, she accepts a position as a piano teacher to the daughter of a wealthy couple, the Chens. Claire begins to see the appeal of the sweltering city and is soon taken in by the Chen's driver, the curiously underutilized Will Truesdale. A handsome charmer with a mysterious limp, Will appears to be the perfect companion for Claire, who's often left to her own devices. But a further examination leaves her with more questions than answers.

An intricately woven tale of lives changed by historical events, Lee's debut brings this hothouse flower of a city alive with passion, and imagines characters both unforgettable and tragic.
Format:
Pages:
328 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0670020486
ISBN13:
9780670020485
kindle Asin:
B001MSMUDO

The Piano Teacher

Janice Y.K. Lee
3.36/5 (20464 ratings)
Read Download
Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, set in the 1940s and '50s. It's a city teeming with people, sights, sounds, and smells, and it's home to a group of foreign nationals who enjoy the good life among the local moneyed set, in a tight-knit social enclave distanced from the culture at large. Comfortable, clever, and even a bit dazzling, they revel in their fancy dinners and fun parties. But their sheltered lives take an abrupt turn after the Japanese occupation, and though their reactions are varied -- denial, resistance, submission -- the toll it takes on all is soon laid bare.

Enter Claire Pendleton from London. Months after her husband is transferred to Hong Kong in 1951, she accepts a position as a piano teacher to the daughter of a wealthy couple, the Chens. Claire begins to see the appeal of the sweltering city and is soon taken in by the Chen's driver, the curiously underutilized Will Truesdale. A handsome charmer with a mysterious limp, Will appears to be the perfect companion for Claire, who's often left to her own devices. But a further examination leaves her with more questions than answers.

An intricately woven tale of lives changed by historical events, Lee's debut brings this hothouse flower of a city alive with passion, and imagines characters both unforgettable and tragic.
Format:
Pages:
328 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0670020486
ISBN13:
9780670020485
kindle Asin:
B001MSMUDO

More Books

Isabella Warrior Queen

Michael G. Kramer

Victor's Blessing

Barbara Sontheimer

His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition

Michael G. Kramer

A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

Michael G. Kramer

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

R.F. Kuang

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Alison Weir

Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

Dale A. Jenkins

Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

K. Ritz

People Like Us

Dominick Dunne

Snobs

Julian Fellowes

The Road to Wellville

T. Coraghessan Boyle

The Boy Who Dared

Susan Campbell Bartoletti