Gudao, Lone Islet - Blair, Margaret
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In 1937, the Japanese invaded the Chinese city of Shanghai. The neutral Shanghai International Settlement, where Margaret and her family lived, became a gudao (lone islet) of safety from the savagery of the Japanese soldiers. But soon the foreign citizens were interned. This heart-wrenching story, told in the voice of a young girl, brings new insights to a violent period.

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In 1937, the Japanese invaded the Chinese city of Shanghai. The neutral Shanghai International Settlement, where Margaret and her family lived, became a gudao (lone islet) of safety from the savagery of the Japanese soldiers. But soon the foreign citizens were interned. This heart-wrenching story, told in the voice of a young girl, brings new insights to a violent period.
Autorenporträt
Margaret Blair MA, MBA, has enjoyed three careers: as a teacher, social and financial marketing researcher, mother of three and grandmother of three. She is the author of two books on Shanghai of the 1930s and 1940s: one a memoir (Gudao, Lone Islet, The War Years in Shanghai) and one a historical novel (Shanghai Scarlet). Margaret is also the author of Toronto's Last Rainbow set in 1969 to 1970 Toronto. She lives with her husband, a professor emeritus of the University of Toronto, beside a stream, among Mennonite farms in southwest Ontario, Canada. For more: www.margaretblair.com...