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‘Absorbing’ GUARDIAN ‘Magical’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic...

Der Briefwechsel mit ihrer Großmutter Yun in Shanghai wirft Monicas Leben aus der Bahn. Denn was Yun ihr aus ihrer Kindheit in den 1940er Jahren unter der japanischen Besatzung erzählt, scheint zu fantastisch, um wahr zu sein: In der Phönix-Bleistiftfabrik von Yuns Eltern sollen magische Stifte hergestellt worden sein, um damit Geheimbotschaften zu übermitteln! Wurden Yun und ihre Cousine gezwungen, als Geheimagentinnen ihre eigenen Landsleute zu verraten?

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