The Language of Threads
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Pei and her underage charge, Ji Shen, move to Hong Kong when their livelihood in the silk trade comes to an end. Pei seeks work as a domestic, but life for employers and employees alike changes when the Japanese occupy Hong Kong.
Reserved for wibba. Mailed 2/5/09.
Reserved for wibba. Mailed 2/5/09.
Looking forward to reading this
Really struggled to getb through this book so didn't finish in end. Trade with chucklesthe scot.
Thank you for this wishlist book and great postcard which arrived today! Pegasus will be flying your way in a few days time! Thanks very much for the trade, and it is always good to hear from you xx
Like wibba, I just couldn't get into this at all. It was so slow and drawn out and all we were hearing about was endless description of the house she was working in. *Yawn* I never even got as far as Hong Kong being invaded!
Journal Entry 6 by Chucklesthescot at Paisley, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, December 30, 2010
Book is travelling as a rabck as part of my January giveaway. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 7 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Thank you very much for this wishlist-RABCK, chuckles! It arrived today in good shape.
I have a few ;-) other books to read too, but I hope to get to it soon, since I seem to be in an Asian reading mood.
I'm sorry to hear that two of the previous readers did not like this book. I hope to finish it (1) and give a more positive review (2), but I'll have to wait and read first.
I have a few ;-) other books to read too, but I hope to get to it soon, since I seem to be in an Asian reading mood.
I'm sorry to hear that two of the previous readers did not like this book. I hope to finish it (1) and give a more positive review (2), but I'll have to wait and read first.
Journal Entry 8 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Thursday, June 1, 2017
What an interesting and nice book this was.
I have put off reading it for quite some time, I'm not exactly sure why. It may have been the cover, or the mention of 'dramatic story' in the blurp on the back cover.
The book is not dramatic in the sense of 'exaggerated'. It is Pei and Ji Shen's story in all its beauty and ugliness.
The book was interesting, because I had no idea that the Japanese had also invaded and occupied so much of China and Hong Kong. I guess one's never too old to learn :-)
I have put off reading it for quite some time, I'm not exactly sure why. It may have been the cover, or the mention of 'dramatic story' in the blurp on the back cover.
The book is not dramatic in the sense of 'exaggerated'. It is Pei and Ji Shen's story in all its beauty and ugliness.
The book was interesting, because I had no idea that the Japanese had also invaded and occupied so much of China and Hong Kong. I guess one's never too old to learn :-)
Journal Entry 9 by Boekentrol at BC Meeting 2017 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, June 29, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/2/2017 UTC) at BC Meeting 2017 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands
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This book is travelling with me to Castricum, the annual Dutch meeting, in search for a new reader.
I will put it on the recommendations table :-)
I will put it on the recommendations table :-)
Got it from the recommendations table at the Castricum meetup. I loved 'The Women of the Silk', so I'm really looking forward to this!
It took me a while to get round to reading this, and it's been a while since I read "Women of the Silk", so I couldn't really remember the story. Luckily this book mentions the events as a reminder where necessary. I think I enjoyed Women of the Silk more than this, but it was nice to get the next part of the story and interesting to read about Hong Kong during the war. I enjoyed it very much, thanks for sharing!
Taking it to Tilburg to hand to oehoeboeroe.
today i met fifna and she gave me this book. I've been reading 'women of the silk' i think more about 20 years ago during a holiday and i remember i didn't want to stop reading. That's all i remember, but i'm curious about this book!
i did enjoy reading this book. Not as much as i remember enjoying 'the women of the silk' but it was a good read. I planned to take the book to tampere next month. I hope it will find a new reader there.
Journal Entry 15 by 
oehoeboeroe
at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Thursday, April 18, 2024
oehoeboeroe at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Thursday, April 18, 2024
Planned Release in 5 hrs (4/19/2024 2:00 PM UTC) at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland
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Hope the book find a new reader :-)
