From the late nineteenth century to the 1920's, from Kwangtung, China to Wellington and Dunedin and the Battlefields of the Western Front -- A story of two families.Yung faces a new land that does not welcome the Chinese. Alone, Katherine struggles to raise her children and find her place in the world. In a climate of hostility towards the foreign newcomers, Katherine and Yung embark on a poignant and far-reaching love affair . . . .
Book review by Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop, Ponsonby, Auckland - As The Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong (9780143011675, Penguin).
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chippoman123 11 months ago
great book
filmbuffnz 1 year ago
i'm so glad of how my mums books going!
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