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| Title: | Waltzes I Have Not Forgotten
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| Author: | Bernadette Gabay Dyer |
| ISBN: | 0889614431 : 9780889614437 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 130x185mm |
| Pages: | 218 |
| Weight: | .22 Kg. |
| Published: | Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) - January 2004 |
| List Price: | 11.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Modern fiction: Womens studies |
This breathtaking, sweeping novel traverses the Caribbean, Europe, America, and China as it recounts the tale of John Moneague, a man who was born into poverty in the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica. As a result of unforeseen and tragic circumstances, an old Hakka Chinese woman becomes John's guardian and life-long mentor. She brings joy into his life, shutting out the harshness of the rest of the world. Madam Hung Chin owns a small grocery store, and manages to make a living during and following the lean times of World War I. She secures the best education she can for John, sending him to a school intended for Chinese children. The intriguing narrative intensifies when John attracts the attention of a Jewish couple from England who are involved in, and dedicated to, a secret cause. As rumblings of political and domestic unrest spread across the European continent, the couple's political involvement turns out to have a momentous impact on John.
