A provincial English newlywed, Claire is seduced by the heady social life of the expatriate community. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong and is hired by the wealthy Chen family as their daughter's piano teacher. Meanwhile, Trudy remains outside, forced to form dangerous alliances with the Japanese - in particular, the malevolent head of the gendarmerie, whose desperate attempts to locate a priceless collection of Chinese art lead to a chain of terrible betrayals.
Will is sent to an internment camp, where he and other foreigners struggle daily for survival. But their love affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world. They soon realized they were destined to find each other.In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. Through texting back and forth to arrange the delivery, the two learned more about each other, Pettinati joking that they both love to play music with Mitchell playing the piano and Pettinati playing the radio. She said she just felt like God put it in her heart to get it to me." "And so she said I feel led to share it with you because I don't play it and I read about you having been a music teacher and losing your baby grand.
We bought a new home here and it was in the home, it had come furnished somehow but it's a really nice piano,'" Mitchell recounted of her initial conversation with Pettinati, who she calls an angel on earth. "She said, 'I feel compelled … I have a piano, we don't play it.
They returned to discover the scars Ian had left behind, scars that were emotional as well as physical. The home of Mitchell and her husband, George, was among the damaged properties. High piles of debris caked the streets, beloved boats were washed away, houses were knocked to the ground with household items littered throughout. The aftermath of Ian would show a completely different Island Park, almost as if it was a different apocalyptic version. According to earlier reports, the Island Park neighborhood was ravaged by nearly Category 5 hurricane, which ripped off roofs, scattered furniture, and washed several homes off their foundations as nearly 7 feet of storm surge raged through the streets. Ian would completely wreck all of it on Sept.
It was just like most communities prior to Ian canals joined each street, boats were just as prevalent as cars, and close bonds with neighbors were grown over the decades. The Island Park neighborhood is tucked away in South Fort Myers, hidden just south of Alico Road.
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