Oh, for a half-star, for this is really a three-and-a-half star read. It's set in Shanghai (not so suprising) between the late 1930s and the early 1940s. When I began the book I couldn't have told you one thing about Shanghai during that period. Now I do. The book is very well researched and ...
Her husband died a year ago in a random street accident while on a business trip. Since that time, Maggie McElroy has been dealing with grief. They had no children – her decision. They both had demanding jobs requiring frequent travel. He was a lawyer. She is a food writer. Then, Maggie rec...
This book was lent to me by my mother-in-law.A Cup of Light follows Lia as she flies to Beijing to examine a set of valuable porcelain pots. As an appraiser, she is one of the best, however what she arrives to is greater than she imagined.This is a book that i would not normally read however I’m ...