White Gardenia
β Scribed by Belinda Alexandra
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Edition
- First Gallery books trade paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
From internationally bestselling author Belinda Alexandra comes a sweeping, emotional journey that βdepicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughtersβ (Paullina Simons, author of The Bronze Horseman).
In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since Russiaβs Communist Revolution, Alina Kozlova must make a heartbreaking decision if her only child, Anya, is to survive the final days of World War II.
White Gardenia sweeps across cultures and continents, from the glamorous nightclubs of Shanghai to the austerity of Cold War Soviet Russia in the 1960s, from a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean to a new life in post-war Australia. Both mother and daughter must make sacrifices, but is the price too high? Most importantly of all, will they ever find each other again?
Rich in historical detail and reminiscent of stories by Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley, White Gardenia is a...
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