{"product_id":"dragon-springs-road-janie-chang","title":"Dragon Springs Road - Janie Chang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Souls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th century Shanghai—a story of friendship, heartbreak, and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan’s search for her long-lost mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat night I dreamed that I had wandered out to Dragon Springs Road all on my own, when a dreadful knowledge seized me that my mother had gone away never to return . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate outside Shanghai. Jialing is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ezazhong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Eurasian—and faces a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese and Europeans. Until now she’s led a secluded life behind courtyard walls, but without her mother’s protection, she can survive only if the estate’s new owners, the Yang family, agree to take her in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJialing finds allies in Anjuin, the eldest Yang daughter, and Fox, an animal spirit who has lived in the courtyard for centuries. But Jialing’s life as the Yangs’ bondservant changes unexpectedly when she befriends a young English girl who then mysteriously vanishes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMurder, political intrigue, jealousy, forbidden love … Jialing confronts them all as she grows into womanhood during the tumultuous early years of the Chinese republic, always hopeful of finding her long-lost mother. Through every turn she is guided, both by Fox and by her own strength of spirit, away from the shadows of her past toward a very different fate, if she has the courage to accept it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e367 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 10, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42050121531486,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/dsp.jpg?v=1758483447","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/dragon-springs-road-janie-chang","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}