All the Flowers in Shanghai: A Novel

Authors: Jepson, Duncan
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
BISAC/Subject: FIC027050, FIC014000, FIC000000
ISBN: 9780062081612, Related ISBNs: 0062081616, 9780062081605, 9780062081612
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 320,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

“Duncan Jepson magically inhabits the life of a young Chinese woman in 1930s Shanghai….I thoroughly enjoyed this book.”
—Janice Y. K. Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Teacher

“Breathtaking….A great work that will move its readers.”
—Hong Ying, international bestselling author of Daughter of the River

Readers previously enchanted by Memoirs of a Geisha, Empress, and the novels of Lisa See will be captivated by Duncan Jepson’s marvelous debut, All the Flowers in Shanghai. Evocative, sweeping, yet intimate historical fiction, Jepson’s novel transports us to a China on the brink of revolution, and witnesses this colorful, tumultuous world through the eyes of a woman forced into a life not of her choosing and driven to seek a bitter revenge.  This epic journey into the heart of Asia is sure to mesmerize fans of Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

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