01812cam a2200289 4500 633165473 TxAuBib 20230315120000.0 230117s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023003342 9780063072862 HRD 30.00 0063072866 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib Chang, Janie, author. The porcelain moon [BOOK] : a novel of France, the Great War, and forbidden love / Janie Chang. 1st ed. New York, NY : William Morrow, 2023. x, 338 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle's home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps in the French countryside. In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage, and to end a love affair that can no longer continue. When Camille offers Pauline a room for her stay, the two women become friends. But it's not long before Pauline uncovers a perilous secret that Camille has been hiding from her. As their dangerous situation escalates, the two women are forced to make a terrible decision that will bind them together for the rest of their lives. 20230315. World War, 1914-1918 France Fiction. Chinese France Fiction. Paris (France) History 1914-1918 Fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction.