
The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel

The German government had announced that a Jew living abroad could not be a German citizen and all the assets of the Jews would be taken over by the Third Reich.
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
Really, the best life was the safest.
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
Luo Ye Gui Gen, fallen leaves long for the roots,
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
It dawned on me that in the river of life, people came and went like boats. Full of steam and noise, they docked, and all would be blown by a wind that you couldn’t predict. The
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
Love was a conundrum.
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
It was called a solitary island, abandoned by the rest of the world.”
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
“Shanghai was a mess in the 1940s.
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
A love that couldn’t accept a lover’s flaws was a selfish love.
Weina Dai Randel • The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
Memory is a forest; it turns with the seasons. It swells in summer, dries up in fall, dies in winter, and sprouts furiously again in spring.