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Janice Y. K. Lee
A story of tangled love and war, The Piano Teacher is a story of betrayal set in a war-torn Hong Kong. This debut follows Claire, a woman who accepts a position as a piano teacher to the daughter of a wealthy couple after her husband has been transferred to Hong Kong. While working for them, she becomes smitten by their driver, Will, who quickly becomes her companion. The book is full of passion and intricacy, and it explores how people’s lives are impacted both by the present and by the past.
The Page 69 Test: The Piano Teacher.
--Marshal Zeringue