Welcome to Litsy!

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Alisa
β€œIt‘s YOU?”
The photo
What the what …. She‘s clearly SHOOK

Rosalind gets attacked.
What is going on?!

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Oliver controls Priest ?!
He tells Celia.
Has to be Phoebe?????
Where is these peeps mother?

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Rosalind poisoned herself 😫

So Rosalind is outted by Phoebe…!!!

My my brothers sisters drama oh my- WHAT?!

Celia warning Rosalind !!!

Thoughts ?!

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Orion & Rosalind
I like them
Too good to be true?

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Phoebe sheβ€˜s interesting …
β€œBut you like your pastries” is a plus πŸ‘€

Phoebe Alisa Silas - who is what to which alliance πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

https://healthynibblesandbits.com/coconut-buns/

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ZHOUZHUANG
This was in our last books yes?
Also mentions Celia was there often…
Itβ€˜s mentioned enough in passing- I wonder whatβ€˜s what ?

https://www.chinahighlights.com/suzhou/attraction/zhouzhuang-water-town.htm

http://www.china-tour.cn/e/wap/Show.php?classid=92&id=245

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All the worlds, a stage, and all the people merely players ..I have a different exit and entrance -Jiemen hmmm I donβ€˜t like him -donβ€˜t trust him you? Why havenβ€˜t we been to hospital again? The handler thing-weird?

πŸ“·Shanghai fun Etsy find https://www.etsy.com/listing/1067882336/

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Freaky vial with green stuff -all the peeps murdered chemical warfare OR The chemicals trying to make more people like Rosalind? Or WORSE?!

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β€œWe don‘t need to pick up a torch when we can manipulate the wars fire before it starts …”

So this phrasing
Who is being manipulated -everyone in the story?

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Good late morning readers β™₯️

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https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=dhp

Chinese and European prostitutes lived and worked in
Shanghai's French Concession, catering to all the ethnic groups in the city. After the establishment of foreign concessions placed Shanghai under semi-colonial control, French & Chinese culture combined in the city to create a unique urban landscape that was unlike anywhere else in the world.

#CHLOEGONGREADALONG FOOD

Muffins https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/chinese-egg-cake/

https://mymotherlee.com/brown-fatt-kueh-steamed-chinese-muffins/

QΔ«ngcài ι’θœ
qΔ«ng cài
green vegetables
Chinese cabbage

https://www.jamesbeard.org/recipes/shanghai-golden-egg-dumplings-with-chinese-ca...

https://www.jessicagavin.com/how-to-cook-bok-choy/

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Dress:
https://www.thepankou.com/history-of-the-qipaos-golden-era-1930s/

Culture :

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/07/04/discovering-a-clash-of-cultures-...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Russians

http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/21/shanghais-white-ru...

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009520/borscht-on-the-bund-the-russian-diaspora-...

https://www.culture-shock-shanghai.com/blog/influential-community-of-old-shangha...

https://avezink.livejournal.com/19766.html

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/26/top-10-books-about-old-shanghai

Reference reading πŸ‘€

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https://depts.washington.edu/triolive/quest/2007/TTQ07032/yuen/battleofshang.htm...

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Priest is a girl..

Let the guessing begin….

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Celia..
Wise to not fully trust Oliver ?
Needs to get to Rosalind ..
Which sister is protecting which sister?

Newspapers a clue? They‘ve been brought up since the first of the book.πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

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Interesting Rosalind put Alisa in jail
So …. Silas …knows Alisa…
Silas & Phoebe break Alisa out.
Phoebe… what a hoot.
Thoughts on all of this?!?!
Phoebe… Silas is in love with her or ????

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Orion seems to care for Rosalind ?
His fathers talks with her OY…
Rosalind was-gasp-jealous?

Rosalind & Orion
Arguing in car and then BOOMπŸ‘€
That chase -their teamwork!
His headache attacks…
Communist militia..
Rope?
Also the shaving scene β€¦πŸ˜³
amongst others they are falling for each other .. πŸ‘€

Whatcha think?

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Tolstoy
β€œEvery unhappy family is unhappy in its own way …”
Or is Rosalind right and it‘s all the same ?
Anna Karenina…swoon
Read it?

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Who attacked Rosalind and Dao Feng ?!
Why?
Weird at hospital…suspicious?!
What the what?!

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Rosalind overhearing Deoka the ambassador..when do imperialist care about history? Colonization, provoke fear to control… taking over nations -tale as old as time, reasons not seen or underlying reasons… I like the way the book is subliminally teaching this message of truth, in my opinion anyway.
Have you thought about the book in this way?
Also she coulda killed him and didn‘t at this point…

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Alisa..
Saw more than and knows more than everyone realises?!
Knows they are alive !
Hmmmm
What does this mean?!?!

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Phoebe mail from orphanage chill down her back foreshadowing ?
A clue? A warning ?

Questions start here follow hashtag

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I think that‘s itβ€”-did I miss anything??
I am truly loving this read!!!

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Chapters 21-30 for next week!! Litsy was a little glitchy for me this morning. Hopefully you can make it work for you. Some of the spoilers wouldn‘t open πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸ˜…πŸ˜¬πŸ˜±

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Chinese hairpin-https://www.newhanfu.com/8919.html

https://thewoksoflife.com/zongzi-recipes/

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/hair-adornment-of-ancient-chinese-women/...

https://www.nspirement.com/2021/03/19/history-of-traditional-chinese-hair-access...

https://ziseviolet.tumblr.com/post/620316469923823616/hello-i-see-that-you-posts...

Had to do it πŸ°πŸ‡πŸ°β™₯οΈπŸ™ƒ

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FOOD
Bamboo soup https://thewoksoflife.com/yan-du-xian/
Slow cooked pork hock https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-braised-ti-pang-pork/
Cumin lamb https://thewoksoflife.com/cumin-lamb/
Zongzi https://thewoksoflife.com/zongzi-recipes/

Alllll the good and tea mentioned ILOVEIT

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Odds&Ends

A file to get Priest identity..who is Priest?!

Where is Orion and Phoebe‘s mother really?

Tong Zilin
So who did she kill?

Haidi hmmm what or who is she
Why so strong πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

The sexual identity of everyone Chloe put on Twitter -I like that it just is, and isn‘t a focus -you know like real life πŸ™ƒ

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Rosalind & Orion
Off to the club …
She kills an idiot
Alisa helps
He leaves her to speak to his father
Headaches ??
Father seems suspicious -also kill your own son?!
Pretend marriage going well..
What do you think of them ?

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Ashkenazi Jews…I about dropped my book on this mention https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-and-austrian-jewish-ref...

https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/shanghais-forgotten-jewish-pas...

I did know Jews were in and fled to Shanghai just wasnβ€˜t expecting to see it in print ..

Side note πŸ‡πŸ°

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Celia & Oliver
1.What was that warehouse ?!
2.What was in the crate in the office Rosalind was in ?
3.newspaper ?
4.Nation over everything
5.Oliver hadn‘t thought of her?!
I‘m not sure what to think of them or him actually.. you??

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Rosalind keeping Celia close and secret, interesting ..

Shanghai powerless …so she‘s it?

Rosalind‘s father trying to reach her…
Also do we trust Dao her handler ?

Rosalind‘s guilt for her past -is it clouding her entire life?

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Chemical deaths ?!….
Stuffy secretary -where was she going ?
Another death
The car Phoebe recognizing the plate
πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€so stuffy secretary ?!?

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Phoebe is Orions real sister …
Is she trustworthy ??
Silas ??

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Alisa and Rosalind have a chat
Liza Ivanova
Benedikt & Marshall safe and married in Moscow!
She‘s in a tiny apartment paid for by ??
She‘s looking for the same file !?

Alisa & Rosalind then become partners of sorts -
Good team ?

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As You Like it
Character list in case you want to compare and contrast Iβ€˜m still just going with the flow β™₯οΈπŸ™ƒ

https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/as-you-like-it/character/whoswh...

https://www.playshakespeare.com/as-you-like-it/characters

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/as-you-like-it/read/characterL...

I remember being taught the theme was loveβ™₯οΈπŸ™ƒ

Fashion

https://irenebrination.typepad.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2013/05/shanghai-gl...

https://www.historic-shanghai.com/the-evolution-of-shanghai-fashion/

I love picturing the fashion !!!

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Here we go week two questions follow the hashtag!
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Music

https://flushingtownhall.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/back-to-shanghais-golden-age-o...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GYMIuPMedxbbXZqneO7BP

https://music.apple.com/us/album/paramount-jazz-of-shang-hai-original-rare-editi...

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Food

https://www.historic-shanghai.com/a-short-history-of-gluttony-in-shanghai/

https://www.historic-shanghai.com/old-shanghai-eggnog/

https://www.ltl-shanghai.com/shanghai-breakfast/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_cuisine

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So we need to know who priest is..

Orion‘s friend Silas is a triple agent
Not confusing at all πŸ˜…

Green bow tie man not real and Orion metal taste that can‘t be good …

Phoebe …whoops too chatty?

Good start? How are ya liking it?

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Well well well
Helllllooooo Alisa Montagova
Now, I imagine, the fun begins…
Here we go ..