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The Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Jade Lily about?

In 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai, the 'Paris of the East': beautiful local Li and Viennese refugee Romy form a fierce friendship. But the deepening shadows of World War Two fall over the women as Li and Romy slip between the city's glamorous French Concession and the desperate Shanghai Ghetto. Eventually, they are forced separate ways as Romy doubts Li's loyalties. After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. As she peels back the layers of their hidden lives, she begins to question everything she knows about her family - and herself. A compelling and gorgeously told tale of female friendship, the price of love, and the power of hardship and courage to shape us all.

Who reads The Jade Lily?

Author

Kirsty Manning

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781760294793

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (359 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14