What Fiction are you reading this week, January 8, 2023?

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2. The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsten Manning

I really enjoyed this story of a woman ‘s search for her family history lost in the tragedy and dislocation of WW2. I learned a lot about the Jewish escapes to China and the terrible stories of their lives as well as their Chinese friends when the country was invaded and occupied by the Japanese. The story jumps from 1939 to 2016 throughout the book (which is sometimes confusing in some books I’ve read) but this one keeps the narrative going and I found the Asian culture references very interesting.