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pp. 276, “The author of several novels (e.g., Night of Many Dreams), Tsukiyama here offers a sequel to her 1991 work, Women of the Silk, which introduced readers to a young Chinese girl working in a silk factory. It is 1938, and Pei, now 28 years old, has traveled to Hong Kong, where she finds herself working as a domestic servant and caring for a young girl named Ji Shen. Though the novel spans 35 years, it is mostly given to covering the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and its aftermath through 1952. During those years, readers follow Pei and Ji Shen’s struggle to survive fear and hardship, as British and Canadian civilians are interned under Japanese authority and a na?ve Ji Shen finds herself dealing in the black market. As in her other works, Tsukiyama’s writing is richly descriptive and filled with historical detail, and her characters are fleshed out. Libraries with Tsukiyama’s work will want to add this title, though as a sequel it works well on its own.” Signed by the author.