Belinda Alexandra's White Gardenia is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. It has everything: history, romance, drama. It follows Anya, the daughter of a Russian aristocrat, displaced from birth. She flees her home on the Chinese-Russian border and grows into womanhood amidst the glitzy world of Shanghai nightclubs, only to again be be chased away by the circumstances of history. Once again a refugee, she must find a new homeland.Alexandra is an Australian author and her historical detail is both accurate and fascinating. From the publisher's website:
"White Gardenia sweeps across cultures and continents, from the glamorous nightclubs of Shanghai to the harshness of Cold War Soviet Russia in the 1960s, from a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean to a new life in post-war Australia."
I highly recommend it, for yourself as well as mum.
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