Whatever the indifference or brutality of the world, love still thrives. September 1942 Following the collapse of the Allied resistance in Burma, the full might of the Imperial Japanese Airforce has been unleashed on the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing, in an attempt to force the Chinese government to sue for peace. The brave actions of a squadron of Chinese pilots in their battered planes offer a glimmer of hope in these darkest of hours. May 2019 29 yearold Torin Cameron from London meets 26 yearold Lu Chen Xi (Sunny) at a business conference in Chengdu. Reluctant at first, she becomes his guide on a journey of discovery, that takes them deep into the Sichuan countryside and opens Torins eyes to Chinas heroic role in the second world warand a family secret that has remained concealed for seventyfive years. Unravelling the threads between wartime China and Europe and modernday Chengdu and London, Degrees of Separation explores the yin and yang of tangled human experience, the twists of fate and tendrils of connection that wind through generations and across cultures. An uplifting and inspirational story of love and reconciliation.

Binding: Paperback;494 pages; Publisher: Cinnamon Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 680 g; Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 32

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