| Books
            by Weina Dai Randel 
            
              | The Last Rose of Shanghai |  
              | 1940, Shanghai, the city is occupied by the Japanese - Ernest, a Jewish refugee from Germany is hired to play piano at a nightclub owned by a young Chinese heiress. Hyped as a timeless, sweeping story of love and redemption, it is all these and more. It had me hooked. (Jenny Baker - bwl 118 Autumn 2025)
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