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For a debut novel, this book is a big challenge for Adam Lewis Schroeder to have taken on. Told in three parts, the story begins in Vancouver in 1995, ends in Thailand, again in 1995, with the majority of the middle set during WWII in the Malay Peninsula.

At first, ...more...]]> 48010523 832116 1798462 1551929872 9781551929873 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138m/1798462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138s/1798462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1798462.Empress_of_Asia 3.31 16 2006 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:00:14 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 11:06:25 -0700 2009 Empress of Asia opens as Harry Winslow's dying wife tells him that Michel Ney, a WWII buddy, is still alive and that Harry must go to Thailand and see him. This begins Harry's quest to a remote area of Thailand to reconnect with his past ... or so he thinks.

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One night in the ravaged city, Harry meets and falls madly in love with a vivacious young Englishwoman named Lily. After a hasty marriage, they are separated during the confusion of an air raid. Harry begins a desperate search for Lily across the Dutch East Indies, enduring hunger, illness, and unimaginable cruelty before finally being reunited with his wife.</div><div> </div><div>Many years later, in Canada, Harry sits at Lily's bedside. In her dying moments, Lily reveals an astonishing secret: She gives him the address of Michel Ney, a man who saved Harry's life before being killed by the Japanese during the war--or so Harry had always believed. Can Lily be in contact with a man she never met, and why does she insist on Harry's reunion with him now?</div><div> </div><div>Fifty years later after the wartime events that changed his life forever, Harry travels to Thailand to begin the final adventure of his life--to retrace the journey of his Empress of Asia and to uncover the mystery that lies at the heart of the love of his life.</div><div> </div><div>A powerful story peopled with unforgettable characters, Empress of Asia is a stirring chronicle of love and loss, of loyalty and betrayal, amidst the turbulence of war.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat May 03 18:51:21 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 19:05:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 51525052 2174042 1798462 1551929872 9781551929873 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138m/1798462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138s/1798462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1798462.Empress_of_Asia 3.31 16 2006 3 0 false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 04 18:04:56 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 18:06:38 -0700 2009 9919051 78210 1798463 0312376405 9780312376406 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1798463.Empress_of_Asia 3.31 16 A sweeping epic story of heart-wrenching love and wartime adventure, Empress of Asia introduces a stunning young talent hailed as the next great Canadian writer</div><div> </div><div>The year is 1942, and the world is engulfed by war. 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Can Lily be in contact with a man she never met, and why does she insist on Harry's reunion with him now?</div><div> </div><div>Fifty years later after the wartime events that changed his life forever, Harry travels to Thailand to begin the final adventure of his life--to retrace the journey of his Empress of Asia and to uncover the mystery that lies at the heart of the love of his life.</div><div> </div><div>A powerful story peopled with unforgettable characters, Empress of Asia is a stirring chronicle of love and loss, of loyalty and betrayal, amidst the turbulence of war.</div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Tue Dec 04 05:26:52 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 05:29:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 10031925 39755 1798462 1551929872 9781551929873 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138m/1798462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188498138s/1798462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1798462.Empress_of_Asia 3.31 16 2006 4 0 false Thu Dec 06 08:15:20 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 08:21:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 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