"The
story is set in colonial Hong Kong and spans four decades from the late 1940s.
Prior
to October 1987, Wendy has her fill of bad experiences in her childhood and youth
until she meets Tony, a Macanese magnate, and becomes his protégé. Despite her ascending
career, her romance with Edward, her childhood playmate and Diana’s kid
brother, suffers constant sabotage by Diana, who is also Wendy’s archrival by
design. Meanwhile, Diana breezes through life and covets the throne of her
father’s (Mr. Lee’s) property empire, but her heiress dream proves elusive.
Her bad choice of lovers causes her more than a fortune and the love of her
life turns out to be her cruelest life lesson.
In October 1987, Wendy and Diana finally come to a face-off when Wendy and Tony act in concert trying to take over Mr. Lee’s company, which attempt is foiled by Diana on a tip-off from a snitch. This reduces Wendy to ruins. At the same time, Diana discovers a startling secret about her mother which could change her fortunes forever."
In October 1987, Wendy and Diana finally come to a face-off when Wendy and Tony act in concert trying to take over Mr. Lee’s company, which attempt is foiled by Diana on a tip-off from a snitch. This reduces Wendy to ruins. At the same time, Diana discovers a startling secret about her mother which could change her fortunes forever."
Hong Kong Blogger BigLychee (formerly Hemlock) mentioned this in his blog post of January 23, 2014:-
“Don’t
be fooled by the girly cover. Set in the 1950s-80s era, it’s (judging by the
first few chapters) a tale of good versus evil, in which the rags-to-riches
heroine works her way up into a position where she might be able to turn one of
Hong Kong’s notoriously greedy, cheating real-estate empires into a force for
social good, only to come up against a property tycoon’s spoilt daughter, who
apparently comes to some sort of sticky end – hopefully, vividly portrayed and
extremely unpleasant. It’s sort of Land and the Ruling Class: the Movie.
There is possibly a dash of autobiography, as per a first novel; there are also
plentiful resemblances to actual people, living or dead, which are of course
entirely coincidental. Strictly for hard-core fans of Hongkongiana, obviously,
though if/when it appears in Chinese, it could strike a chord like its
non-fiction predecessor.”
I'll be posting an excerpt of the novel soon! Keep an eye on this blog!
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