NEW BOOKS
Permanently
Temporary: From Berlin to Shanghai in Half a Century
by Tess Johnston
Tess Johnston's peripatetic half a century has
taken her through fourteen Foreign Service postings to her
retirement – and this book, written in her permanently temporary
home in Shanghai. She loves to talk, and to write and the range of
her interests is broad. Tess has filled them with life, with
anecdotes and with humor. Travel with her in her "little life" in
a wider world. Reviews of Permanently Temporary
have appeared in the
South China Morning Post and
That's
Shanghai magazine.
Missy’s
China – Letters from Hangchow, 1934-1937 by Doris
(“Missy”) Arnold
A “small town American girl” came with her
family to live in China during a troubled era. In a memorable
three years Missy wrote weekly letters home about her life in a
small expat enclave surrounded by the culture and chaos of her
host city. She is a keen observer of her little world, and her
letters are rich in minute details (and humor) that enable her
family (and the readers) to experience old China through her
perceptive eyes.
Peking
Sun, Shanghai Moon – Images from a Past Era by
Diana Hutchins Angulo
A rare glimpse into the private lives of
wealthy foreigners living in Peking and Shanghai. Through the eyes
of a beautiful young girl we are caught up in the lives of wealth
and privilege, of social activities and obligations, of the
foreign community in China between 1920 and 1940. Supplemented by
photographs from family albums and contemporary newspapers, she
gives us an entrée into the glamorous expatriate world in the last
frenetic days of pre-war Shanghai.
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