{"product_id":"the-porcelain-moon-paperback","title":"The Porcelain Moon (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women--one Chinese, one French--whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"East meets West in World War I France. In The Porcelain Moon, Janie Chang exhibits her signature trademarks--lyrical prose, deftly drawn characters, and skillful excavation of little-known history--to give us a rare jewel in a sea of wartime fiction!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrance, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Janie Chang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43640506482866,"sku":"9780063290969","price":360.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780063290969.jpg?v=1708266395","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-porcelain-moon-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}