Remembering Shanghai – A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels
Claire Chao presents Remembering Shanghai, a memoir that she co-wrote with her mother Isabel Sun Chao. To date the book has won 17 literary awards, including the prestigious Rubery Prize Book of the Year. The story follows five generations from imperial China to modern-day Hong Kong, and is accompanied by evocative period illustrations and photographs. Isabel grows up in the wealthy Sun family in glamorous 1930s Shanghai.
When Mao comes to power, she journeys to Hong Kong, unaware that she will never see her father again.
