I think the problem, however, was that Claire bothered me.
I even grew to like Trudi over the period of the novel, though I didn’t at the beginning. It’s written in a spare style which I like very much and I thought the story was intriguing. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really enjoy this book much.
It seems that Claire is merely a foil to get us to what happened with Will and Trudi during the war, which is where this story really lies. At the other end of the scale we have Claire Pendleton, a married piano teacher who generally reminded me of a mouse, and who can’t get enough of Will. When he arrives in society, he meets Trudi Canavan, an enigmatic, enchanting woman who somehow chooses him to take under her wing and they begin a passionate love affair. Over a span of ten years in Hong Kong, Will Truesdale falls in love with one woman before World War II and has an affair with another one after.
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