'Mama, Mama,' I said to myself, 'keep safe. You will survive, and I will survive, until we can find each other again.' In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since Russia's Communist revolution, Alina Kozlova must make a heartbreaking decision if her only child, Anya, is to survive the final days of World War II. White Gardeniasweeps across cultures and continents, from the glamorous nightclubs of Shanghai to the harshness of Cold War Soviet Russia in the 1960s, from a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean to a new life in post-war Australia. Both mother and daughter must make sacrifices, but is the price too high? Most importantly of all, will they ever find each other again? Rich in incident and historical detail, this is a compelling and beautifully written tale about yearning and forgiveness.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN-10
1471138747
ISBN-13
9781471138744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208782219
Product Key Features
Author
Belinda Alexandra
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
General & Literary Fiction
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Author Biography
Belinda Alexandra has been published to wide acclaim in Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Norway and Spain. She is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Australian father and has been an intrepid traveller since her youth. Find out more: http://belinda-alexandra.com/