Sunday 5 January 2014

The Piano Teacher

 

The Piano Teacher
by Janice Y. K. Lee

ISBN: 978-0-00-728637-9
Format: Paperback, 343 pages
Publication: Harper Press, 2009
Condition: Excellent

Lelong Price: RM8.00

In the heat and bustle of 1950's Hong Kong, newlywed Claire Pendleton is changing from an uptight English wallflower to a beautiful, graceful bloom. Then she meets Will, driver to wealthy Chinese couples the Chens, when she takes the job of a piano teacher to their daughters. His enigmatic presence enthrals and excites her.

A decade earlier, with war looming, Eurasian beauty Trudy Liang casts her own spell of fascination. A social butterfly, she is a thing of mystery - and intrigue. She knows everyone worth knowing in Hong Kong - Chinese and foreign, good and bad, rich and poor. Including a newly arrived young Englishman - the magnetic Will Truesdale...

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