Searching for Billie: a journalist's quest to understand his mother's past leads him to discover a vanished China
"Ian Gill's first visit to Hong Kong takes an unexpected turn when he meets his Chinese mother Billie's friends, colleagues and fellow ex-prisoners of war, lifting the veil on a tumultuous past in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He moves to Asia and unravels her intriguing journey: from contr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Ian Gill's first visit to Hong Kong takes an unexpected turn when he meets his Chinese mother Billie's friends, colleagues and fellow ex-prisoners of war, lifting the veil on a tumultuous past in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He moves to Asia and unravels her intriguing journey: from controversial adoption by an English postmaster in Changsha to popular radio broadcaster in wartime Shanghai, from tragedy and a doomed romance in a Japanese internment camp to being decorated by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the United Nations. He discovers a great-grandmother in a determined English farm girl who ends up owning a well-known hotel on the China coast in the 1870s -- and he finally meets his father for the first time on a Canadian island in 1985. The backdrop for this fascinating family story is China's turbulent century between the Anglo-Chinese wars and the advent of communism." -- Amazon |
| Beschreibung: | 398 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789887554660 |
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Contents Acknowledgements. 11 Author’s Note . 13 1 Love Triangle. 17 2 Crazy-Brilliant Plan. 26 3 An Idyllic Trap. 35 4 From Smuggler Chaser to Postmaster. 51 5 A ‘Scandalous’ Marriage. 62 6 Rich Annie, Poor Nellie. 72 7 Surviving Revolution.81 8 Edwin Goes to War. 87 9 A New Baby. 98 10 Warlords and Nuns.105 11 The Russian Woman. 117 12 Breadwinner at Reuters. 127 13 Letter from Tsingtao. 137 14 Billie Lee, War Broadcaster.147 15 Mad Mission. 160 16 At the Front. 166 17 Beach Romance. 175 18 Paddy’s About Face. 185 19 Donald and the Mei Hwa. 194 20 Into
Battle. 211 21 Rathole. 221 22 Cheek by Jowl. 228
23 Offer of Escape.236 24 Sail Away. 243 25 Shirt off His Back. 251 26 Tragedy at Tweed Bay. 259 27 A Yearning. 267 28 Desperate Race. 275 29 Wilting in Freedom. 283 30 A Lucky Break.292 31 At the Crossroads. 297 32 Single Mother in England. 305 33 Little Big Shot. 316 34 Turmoil in Shanghai. 326 35 Coup de Foudre. 334 36 Into the Flames. 346 37 The Silver Corridor. 358 38 At the Palace. 368 39 The Proposal.375 40 Mynah the Cow. 380 41 A Vanished World. 390 |
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