

The Piano Teacher
by Lee, Janice Y.K
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780007286195
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Book and Jacket are in Excellent Condition, clean, Like New.
334 pgs. FICTION - ROMANCE.
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A New York Times Bestseller -- In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their love affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world.Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong and is hired by the wealthy Chen family as their daughter's piano teacher. A provincial English newlywed, Claire is seduced by the heady social life of the expatriate community. At one of its elegant cocktail parties, she meets Will, to whom she is instantly attracted -- but as their affair intensifies, Claire discovers that Will's enigmatic persona hides a devastating past. As she begins to understand the true nature of the world she has entered, and long-buried secrets start to emerge, Claire learns that sometimes the price of survival is love.Hardcover.
Synopsis
"A rare and exquisite story...Transports you out of time, out of place, into a world you can feel on your very skin." -Elizabeth Gilbert In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient , Janice Y.K. Lee's debut novel is a tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. In 1942, Englishman Will Truesdale falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong to work as a piano teacher and also begins a fateful affair. As the threads of this spellbinding novel intertwine, impossible choices emerge-between love and safety, courage and survival, the present, and above all, the past.
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- Bookseller Inventory #
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- Title
- The Piano Teacher
- Author
- Lee, Janice Y.K
- Book condition
- New Like New
- Jacket condition
- Like New
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007286198
- ISBN 13
- 9780007286195
- Publisher
- Harper Press, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date published
- 2009
- Keywords
- The Piano Teacher, Janice Lee, Fiction Romance
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