{"product_id":"my-shanghai-1942-1946-keiko-itoh-9781898823230","title":"My Shanghai, 1942-1946","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1942. Shanghai after Pearl Harbor. Newly-arrived Eiko Kishimoto, a 20-year-old, London-educated Japanese housewife, settles into a privileged existence in the French Concession as a member of the community of the Occupying Power. Initially, her days are filled with high society lunches and dinners, race course and night club visits and open-air summer concerts, amidst an ebullient and remarkably cosmopolitan society that makes up Shanghai. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut all is by no means what it seems. As war progresses, and Japan tightens its control within China, tensions mount, relationships unravel, and allegiances are questioned. It is not long before Eiko awakens to the meaning and implications of occupation for both her international friends and for Japanese civilians. Even her settled domestic life, with a growing family and close proximity to her beloved older sister, is threatened as Japan's war efforts become more desperate and degenerate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePartly biographical - the author taking inspiration from her mother's own war experiences in China - My Shanghai, 1942-46 provides a fascinating insight into the Asia Pacific War as never told before, that is through the eyes of a young Japanese woman caught between her Christian values and loyalty to her country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keiko Itoh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1898823235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781898823230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Keiko Itoh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453947097343,"sku":"9781898823230","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ead21a14-bc71-4468-a4d6-cff4943bde0d.jpg?v=1777303205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-shanghai-1942-1946-keiko-itoh-9781898823230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}