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In My Hands Today…

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The Nine Fold Heaven – Mingmei Yip

When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized crime leader Master Lung, she almost lost everything. Hiding out in Hong Kong, performing in a run-down circus, Shadow has no idea that Camilla, too, is on the run with her lover, Jinying – Lung’s son.

Yet while Camilla and Shadow were once enemies, their only hope of freedom lies in joining forces to eliminate the ruthless Big Brother Wang. Despite the danger, Shadow, Camilla and Jinying return to Shanghai. Camilla also has her own secret agenda – she has heard a rumor that her son is alive. And in a city teeming with spies and rivals – including the vengeful Rainbow Chang – each battles for a future in a country on the verge of monumental change.

In My Hands Today…

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The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai – Ruiyan Xu

When an explosion reverberates through the Swan Hotel in Shanghai, it is not just shards of glass and rubble that come crashing down. Li Jing, a successful and happily married businessman, awakens from brain surgery to find he is able to utter only the faltering phases of English he learnt as a child – a language that his wife Meiling and their young son cannot speak.

When an American neurologist arrives, tasked with teaching Li Jing to speak fluently again, she is as disoriented as her patient in this bewitching, bewildering city. As doctor and patient grow closer, feelings neither of them anticipated begin to take hold – feelings that Meiling, who must fight to keep both her husband’s business and her family afloat, does not need a translator to understand.