Clair Pendleton arrives in Hong Kong and becomes the piano teacher for the Chen family. She soon begins an affair with a lover who hides a devastating past. One critic remarks that "This is a rare ane exquisite story. It does exactly what a great novel should do, transports you our of time, out of place, into a world you can feel on your very skin".
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