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Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang
4.0
challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book takes commitment as a contemporary westerner. Lots of cultural context. 

Shanghai and Hong Kong in the1930s and 40s. Themes of moon, love?, family, especially the dysfunctions, loneliness and anxiety