TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randel,Weina Dai
TI  - The last rose of Shanghai
SN  - 9781542032872
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Seattle
PB  - Lake Union Publishing
KW  - Nightclubs
KW  - China
KW  - Shanghai
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Pianists
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Shanghai (China)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - War fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Romance fiction
N2  - 1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi's club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz, but their differences seem insurmountable, and Aiyi is engaged to another man. As the war escalates, Aiyi and Ernest find themselves torn apart, and their choices between love and survival grow more desperate. In the face of overwhelming odds, a chain of events is set in motion that will change both their lives forever
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