White Gardenia
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781476790312 (1476790310)
ASIN: 1476790310
Publish date: 2015-02-17
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
War,
Family,
Russia,
Asia,
World War II,
China,
Australia
I really enjoyed White Gardenia, primarily because the story was unusual. Ms. Alexandra does a lovely job of describing locations, and many of her characters are believable. I do agree with other reviewers: the copy could have been streamlined, and Anya's repetitive strokes of good fortune could be ...
Thank you to Gallery Books for providing me with an egalley copy of the book to review. I debated whether or not to finish this book, and about 40% in I kept saying I’ll read just one more chapter and if I don’t like it I’ll give up. I got to 60% until I finally decided to stick to this decision. ...
Diré (más bien, escribiré) dos cosas:1- Pasa en Rusia y está recomendado por [a:Paullina Simons|47499|Paullina Simons|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1263597025p2/47499.jpg] , así que podrán imaginarse el punto de vista ultra derechista que tiene la novela, bien acorde a la idelogía de Simons .2- Al...
Here is another audiobook I have listened to recently. This one was great! It grabbed my attention from start to finish. I took no notes, just listened and sucked up the story. Marvelous from start to finish.This is historical fiction at its best. Although fiction; it is based on the mother and gran...
Fascinating story of a girl trying to make her way in the world. At 13, Anna Victoriana Kozlova lost her father to an accident and then was swept away by the forces of war from her mother. The story revolved from her birth place, Harbin, to the bustle of Shanghai, and then to a tropical island of T...