
Remembering Shanghai
A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels
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Narrated by:
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Rachel Yong
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Claire Chao
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Isabel Sun Chao
Winner of 26 book awards, including the 2019 Rubery Award for Book of the Year
Audiobook narrated by two-time Asian American Film Lab best actress winner Rachel Yong and authors Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao.
“Jaw-dropping, exciting, touching, tragic and insightful.” (Historic Shanghai)
True stories of glamor, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of imperial rule to the Cultural Revolution
A high position bestowed by China’s empress dowager grants power and wealth to the Sun family. For Isabel, growing up in glamorous 1930s and ’40s Shanghai, it is a life of utmost privilege. But while her scholar father and fashionable mother shelter her from civil war and Japanese occupation, they cannot shield the family forever.
When Mao comes to power, 18-year-old Isabel journeys to Hong Kong, not realizing that she will make it her home - and that she will never see her father again. Meanwhile, the family she has left behind struggles to survive, only to have their world shattered by the Cultural Revolution. Isabel returns to Shanghai 50 years later with her daughter, Claire, to confront their family’s past - one they discover is filled with love and betrayal, kidnappers and concubines, glittering pleasure palaces and underworld crime bosses.
Meticulously researched, Remembering Shanghai follows five generations, from vibrant Shanghai to the bright lights of Hong Kong. By turns harrowing and heartwarming, this vivid memoir explores identity and loss against the epic backdrop of a country in turmoil.
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Critic reviews
"A volume that demands to be held." (Los Angeles Review of Books)
“An engaging and entertaining saga.” (South China Morning Post)
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Powerful family history with outstanding narration
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Loved this book!
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touching stories of resilience and family
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Takes you to another time
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I was happy to hear your grandfather’s jade seal was found after all those years of loss. I cried when I heard Isabel’s voice speaking of her dream about her father. I was invested in this intimate familial portrayal.
Excellent Personal Family History
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Beautiful and personal
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I’d wish the book be a bit longer with could be more richness to the stories. The audiobook production, however, is fabulous, and I enjoyed it immensely.
A Gemstone
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It enlightened me to a place and slice of history I had never read about before. It kept my interest all the way through.
The narration was very good as well.
An intriguing and fascinating family History
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