The Language of Threads
A young Chinese woman flees with an orphaned girl to Hong Kong in the hopes of achieving a better life away from Japanese occupation. Pei, a 27-year-old Chinese young woman, works in a silk factory near Canton. When the Japanese Army invades the region, she escapes along with 14-year-old Ji Shen to Hong Kong and seeks asylum with other ex-silk workers known as the Sisterhood. Quan, a young rickshaw driver, takes them to a boardinghouse run by Ma-ling. So... The Samurai's Garden
This is a book about a Chinese youngman's sojourn in a seaside village during the Japanese invasion of China. ...
