White Gardenia

Belinda Alexandra

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781471138744
• eBook ISBN: 9781471138751
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction
• Index: Literature

'Mama, Mama, ' I said to myself, 'keep safe. You will survive, and I will survive, until we can find each other again.' In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since Russia's Communist revolution, Alina Kozlova must make a heartbreaking decision if her only child, Anya, is to survive the final days of World War II. White Gardeniasweeps across cultures and continents, from the glamorous nightclubs of Shanghai to the harshness of Cold War Soviet Russia in the 1960s, from a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean to a new life in post-war Australia. Both mother and daughter must make sacrifices, but is the price too high? Most importantly of all, will they ever find each other again? Rich in incident and historical detail, this is a compelling and beautifully written tale about yearning and forgiveness.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Author
• Also by Belinda Alexandra
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Contents
• PART ONE
• ONE • Harbin, China
• TWO • The Paris of the East
• THREE • The Tango
• FOUR • The Moscow-Shanghai
• FIVE • Roses
• SIX • Requiem
• SEVEN • The Fall
• PART TWO
• EIGHT • The Island
• NINE • Typhoon
• TEN • Countries of Settlement
• ELEVEN • Australia
• TWELVE • Wildflowers
• THIRTEEN • Betty’s Café
• FOURTEEN • Society
• FIFTEEN • The Key
• PART THREE
• SIXTEEN • Bondi
• SEVENTEEN • Ivan
• EIGHTEEN • The Letter
• NINETEEN • Miracles
• TWENTY • Mother
• Author’s Note
• Acknowledgments
• Sapphire Skies
• ONE
• Wild Lavender
• Silver Wattle
• Golden Earrings