The Piano Teacher - Janice Y. K. Lee

This book i read recently on holiday and it was quite a good summer read. It is set in Hong Kong in 2 time periods the first during World War 2 and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and the second almost 10 years on in a 50's Hong Kong, where the war is but a past memory. The story in the 40's centres round a fiesty Trudy Liang (A Eurasian Hong Kong socialite who stoops at nothing to ensure her survival) and her lover Will Truesdale an expat who end up in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Hong Kong. The story in the 50's centre rounds a damaged and almost shellshocked Will who is now a chauffeur for a wealthy Chinese family and the piano teacher ...  Read the complete review

**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~ "Will, I need something from you now." "Everything I have is yours." It sounds false, even to him, metallic in his mouth, as he watches her desperate, dissembling face. What does she inspire in him now? Still love? Pity? "So you'll help us?" What could he do? She hadn't asked for herself. She asked for them. She was lost already. **~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~ It's summer 1941 and Englishman Will Truesdale arrives in Hong Kong and almost immediately met and fell in love with wealthy Eurasian beauty Trudy Liang. Their relationship takes a different ...  Read the complete review