Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past—including the terrible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events that led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949.
Eugène Dabekaussen Books






Merivel: A Man of His Time
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Set in seventeenth-century England, the story follows Robert Merivel, a physician and courtier to Charles II, as he grapples with the complexities of middle age. As he questions his roles as a father, master, and friend to the King, Merivel embarks on a journey to the French court of Versailles. His quest for self-discovery leads to a series of misadventures, blending humor and introspection in a richly depicted historical context.
"Moor" Zogoiby, only son of a wealthy, artistic Bombay family, finds himself at crisis point. After a tragic love affair, he plunges into a life of depravity in Bombay before leaving for involvement in financial scandal in London and, ultimately, violence in Spain
Restoration
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses. But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise. Determined to be restored to the King's grace, Merivel begins a journey of self-knowledge and soon discovers that the King's pleasure is equally matched by his wrath...
No Time Like the Present. Keine Zeit Wie Diese, Englische Ausgabe
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
At the heart of this story is an interracial couple, Steven and Jabulile, living in a 'free' South Africa. He is a university lecturer and she is a lawyer, both comrades in the Struggle and now parents of children born in freedom.
Trespass
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Set among the hills and gorges of the Cevennes, the dark and beautiful heartland of southern France, 'Trespass' is a novel about disputed territory, sibling love and devastating revenge.
Studie over denken en handelen van voornamelijk de middenklasse in de Republiek der Nederlanden.
Mondriaan aan de Amstel, 1892-1912
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn
- 445 pages
- 16 hours of reading


