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Loading... To All Appearances a Lady (original 1989; edition 1992)by Marilyn Bowering
Work InformationTo All Appearances a Lady by Marilyn Bowering (1989)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. There's a tinge of chicklit about this creatively plotted book that employs the conceit of a boat voyage circumnavigating Vancouver Island and a ghost to tell its tale. There's a small dollop of the dreamy romance scene, but not as much as made it hard for this reviewer to finish, say, Diana Gabaldon's romance-infused series (instead, read Jack Whyte, fellers). That notwithstanding, a wonderful historical novel in a region of the world not over-displayed in fiction. ( )
I found myself rereading sentences, passages, whole pages, slowly consuming the words and the gorgeous details... Delicious. Bowering synthesizes time past, time present, and time-in-coincidence to create a boundless time and a boundless work of art. ...[venturing] into the underworld of opium-trading on 19th century Vancouver Island...[t]his spiritual journey is full of fascinating historical detail.
To All Appearances a Lady is Marilyn Bowering's haunting, evocative debut novel and one of her most loved and memorable works. As Robert Lam sets off on his voyage up the coast of Vancouver Island, the last passenger he expects is a ghost. But when the spirit of Lam Fam--the woman who raised him--suddenly and mysteriously appears, the trip they embark on initiates a quest for the truth about a past both have been avoiding for too many years. Together Robert and Lam Fam relive a harrowing story that begins in nineteenth-century China and takes them on a journey through the South China Sea, across the Pacific to the shores of British Columbia and the dangerous, secretive labyrinth of the B.C. opium trade. There follows a rich and compelling tale of love and deception, greed and drugs--all set against a background of fascinating historical detail and the clash of transplanted cultures. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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