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'British rule is coming to an end and so is Maya’s marriage. She drifts, wandering aimlessly through the crowded city streets. Captivated by an elderly Chinese man and his caged nightingale, she follows him home. But Ken Tiger is a man with a past. As Maya draws out his tale of lost love in wartime Shanghai, she pieces together other stories, other histories that will help her to imagine a new life for herself.' (Synopsis)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Brenda Walker.
  • Epigraph: We live permanently in the recurrence of our own stories, whatever story we tell. Michael Ondaatje.

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    • North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2008 .
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      • Published October 1st 2008
      ISBN: 9781921361128 (pbk.)
    • North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2010 .
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      ISBN: 9781921361920
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