The Piano Teacher Hardcover - 2009
by Janice Y. Lee
In the sweepingtradition of TheEnglish Patient,a gripping tale oflove and betrayalset in war-tornHong Kong
In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in HongKong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with TrudyLiang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their love affair is soonthreatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelmstheir part of the world. Will is sent to an internmentcamp, where he and other foreigners struggle daily for survival.Meanwhile, Trudy remains outside, forced to form dangerous allianceswith the Japanese-in particular, the malevolent head of thegendarmerie, whose desperate attempts to locate a priceless collectionof Chinese art lead to a chain of terrible betrayals.
Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong and ishired by the wealthy Chen family as their daughter's piano teacher.A provincial English newlywed, Claire is seduced by the headysocial life of the expatriate community. At one of its elegant cocktailparties, she meets Will, to whom she is instantly attracted-butas their affair intensifies, Claire discovers that Will's enigmatic personahides a devastating past. As she begins to understand the truenature of the world she has entered, and long-buried secrets start toemerge, Claire learns that sometimes the price of survival is love.
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- Title The Piano Teacher
- Author Janice Y. Lee
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st/1st
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York
- Date 2009-01-13
- ISBN 9780670020485 / 0670020486
- Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 6.32 x 1.2 in (22.96 x 16.05 x 3.05 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Married women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008027449
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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