βNever again.β That was what she said when she left. She promised herself she would never live that life, never return to all that pain. There was nothing in the world that could make her go back β¦ or so she thought. For a while she kept that promise, and she was finally happy. She built a life f
Inheritance
β Scribed by Chang, Lan Samantha
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2012;2005
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A timeless story of familial devotion undermined by deceit and passion and rebuilt by memory.In 1931, abandoned after their mother's suicide, the young Junan and her sister, Yinan, make a pact never to leave each other. The two girls are inseparable--until Junan enters into an arranged marriage and finds herself falling in love with her soldier husband. When the Japanese invade China, Junan and her husband are separated. Unable to follow him to the wartime capital, Junan makes the fateful decision to send her sister after him. Inheritance traces the echo of betrayal through generations and explores the elusive nature of trust. Reading group guide included.
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