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'Glorious and tender . . . I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT

'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LEFTERI

'An immersive, expertly plotted and elegantly written novel ' SHARLENE TEO

With every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so it goes, until the end of time.

China, 1938: Meilin and her four-year-old son, Renshu, flee their burning city as Japanese forces adv ...