The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel write by Maureen Lindley. This book was released on 2010-07-23. The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Peking, 1914. When the eight-year-old princess Eastern Jewel is caught spying on her father's liaison with a servant girl, she is banished from the palace, sent to live with a powerful family in Japan. Renamed Yoshiko Kawashima, she quickly falls in love with her adoptive country, where she earns a scandalous reputation, taking fencing lessons, smoking opium, and entertaining numerous lovers. Sent to Mongolia to become an obedient wife, Yoshiko mounts a daring escape and eventually finds her way back to Peking high society-this time with orders from the Japanese secret service. Based on the true story of a rebellious woman who earned a controversial place in history, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is a vibrant reimagining of a thrilling life-a rich historical epic of palace intrigue, sexual manipulation, and international espionage.
The Beloveds
The Beloveds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Beloveds write by Maureen Lindley. This book was released on 2018-04-03. The Beloveds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exploration of domestic derangement, as sinister as Daphne Du Maurier’s classic Rebecca, that plumbs the depths of sibling rivalry with wit and menace. Oh, to be a Beloved—one of those lucky people for whom nothing ever goes wrong. Everything falls into their laps without effort: happiness, beauty, good fortune, allure. Betty Stash is not a Beloved—but her little sister, the delightful Gloria, is. She’s the one with the golden curls and sunny disposition and captivating smile, the one whose best friend used to be Betty’s, the one whose husband should have been Betty’s. And then, to everyone’s surprise, Gloria inherits the family manse—a vast, gorgeous pile of ancient stone, imposing timbers, and lush gardens—that was never meant to be hers. Losing what Betty considers her rightful inheritance is the final indignity. As she single-mindedly pursues her plan to see the estate returned to her in all its glory, her determined and increasingly unhinged behavior—aided by poisonous mushrooms, talking walls, and a phantom dog—escalates to the point of no return. The Beloveds will have you wondering if there’s a length to which an envious sister won’t go.
The Secrets of Jin-shei
The Secrets of Jin-shei - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secrets of Jin-shei write by Alma Alexander. This book was released on 2010-08-10. The Secrets of Jin-shei available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The epic story of a sisterhood where blood relations are nothing compared to the unbreakable bond of the secret sisters -- the bond of Jin-Shei.
A Girl Like You
A Girl Like You - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Girl Like You write by Maureen Lindley. This book was released on 2013-06-06. A Girl Like You available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thirteen-year-old Satomi Baker is used to being different. It is 1939 and being half-white, half-Japanese on the west coast of California gets you noticed. Although she has never felt she quite fits in, her striking looks have caught the eye of the most popular boy at school. When war is declared, Satomi's father Aaron is sent to the base at Pearl Harbor. He never returns. Now the community that has tolerated its foreign residents for decades suddenly turns on them, and along with thousands of other Japanese-American citizens Satomi and her mother are sent to a brutal labour camp in the wilderness. At Manzanar Satomi learns what it takes to survive, who she can trust, and what it means to be American. But it will be years before she will discover who she really is under the surface of her skin. A Girl Like You is her story, and the riveting and moving story of a lost generation.
The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel
The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel write by Maureen Lindley. This book was released on 2009. The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Peking, 1914. Eight-year-old Eastern Jewel peers from behind a screen as her father, Prince Su, makes love to a servant girl. Caught spying by her thirteenth sister, Eastern Jewel's sexual curiosity sees her banished to live with distant relatives in Tokyo, then forced into a passionless marriage in freezing Mongolia. Increasingly isolated, at night she is plagued by disturbing fantasies and unsettling dreams. But she refuses to be pinned down by anyone - least of all a man - and in the dazzling city of Shanghai she puts her thrill-seeking nature to work spying for the Japanese, spurning everything she once held dear ... Based on the real-life story of Yoshiko Kawashima, Chinese princess turned ruthless Japanese spy, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is an intoxicating tale of sexual manipulation and self-discovery that spans three countries and a world war.
