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When Chinese student Jiao Mei is woken from her sleep in her Hampstead bedroom by what appears to be the ghost of her grandmother, she dismisses the encounter as a vivid dream. But when these night-time visitations persist, and she begins to experience cravings for spicy Chinese food, and morning sickness, she comes to accept that she is being haunted and that what the ghost is telling her - that she is pregnant by her Western boyfriend - is true. Tie Mei, her grandmother, fears for her reputation, and urges Jiao Mei to abandon her London life to return to China. But Tie Mei has other business in London, old scores to settle from her past, which will shock Jiao Mei into confronting the complex nature of her own cultural heritage, and unlock secrets which have haunted her family for generations.
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Liu Hong was born in Manchuria, on China's North-Korean border, in the midst of the Cultural Revolution. She studied English language and literature before moving to Beijing where she worked as a translator for Channel Four and other western TV companies. In 1989 she came to England on an academic scholarship and studied first in Oxford and then in London, where she gained an MA in social anthropology. One of the first mainland Chinese authors writing fiction in English in the UK she has published four novels: STARTLING MOON, THE MAGPIE BRIDGE, THE TOUCH and WIVES OF THE EAST WIND. She is also the translator of the Chinese novel THE CONCUBINE OF SHANGHAI, by Hong Ying. She lives in the West of England.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Standard. Outline:- Awoken one night by a strong floral fragrance and the whisper of her childhood nickname Jiao Mei is confronted in her London bedroom by a woman claiming to be her grandmother. At first she dismisses this encounter as a vivid dream - Tie Mei her father`s mother died years ago. Soon though the presence becomes powerfully insistent and when Barbara with whom she lodges begins to behave strangely too Jiao Mei must accept that this nighttime visitor is indeed her grandmother`s ghost. Her message - that Jiao Mei is carrying the child of her British boyfriend - is one that she can no longer ignore and one that will force Jiao Mei to re-examine her family`s and China`s past.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Headline The date of this copy is 2004 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK. Book. Seller Inventory # 9780747265108AG5222
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