Hong Kong Rose
Description:... In October of 1987, Rose Kho, Hong Kong girl who left home, returned andhas left it again for New York to escape her life, reflects, scotch in
hand, as the sun sets on the Statue of Liberty. Meanwhile, the Feds are
ransacking her offices because Gordie, her employer, is under
investigation for illegal arms running. Rose faces the likelihood of
deportation on the eve of the day when her sister Regina, a long-time
illegal immigrant, will become a U.S. citizen as a result of the amnestyprogram. The novel rewinds through a drama set in Hong Kong of the
seventies, where Confucian family ties and British colonial society
embrace Rose's "perfect" marriage to a solicitor from a prominent South
African Chinese family. But even before the wedding, a dark underside tothat family begins to emerge, and Rose must confront the reality of hernew life as it unfolds with many surprising twists and turns.
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