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Fragrant Harbour

By: John Lanchester
Narrated by: David Yip
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Summary

 Tom Stewart leaves England just before the Great Depression to seek his fortune and find it running Hong Kong's best hotel. Sister Maria is a beautiful, uncompromising Chinese nun whom Stewart meets on the boat out from England; their friendship spans decades and changes both their lives. Dawn Stone is an English journalist who becomes the public face of money and power and big business. And Matthew Ho is a Chinese entrepreneur facing difficulties and opportunities in the twenty-first century. Fragrant Harbour is the story of these four people, whose intertwined lives span Asia's last 70 years.©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Historical Fiction Fiction China England
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Having loved 'A Debt to Pleasure' (why is this not available on Audible?), I was really looking forward to this book. What a disappointment! I have given it 3 stars because I didn't finish it and, to be fair, it might have got better in the subsequent chapters. I fell asleep three times when listening to the laborious first chapter about an uninteresting woman's first steps on the ladder of media success. It seemed a bit strange having the woman's story (told in the first person) narrated by a man. I did struggle on through to chapter 3 but I just could not get involved in this book. Quite a few names came up, but the characters did not seem memorable and I've no idea which of them, if any, are important later in the story. I couldn't face another 9 hours!

A Disappointment

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excellent story brilliantly told. I am looking forward to reading more of the authors books

brilliant

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three intertwined Hong Kong stories that tell about modern expats, colonial expats and chinese experience between 1930-2000

smells of Hong Kong

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Amazing history of Hk , poignant and positive, great memories. Was v sad when it finished.

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