
The far side of the sky
by Daniel Kalla
Jewish refugeesFictionJapaneseWorld War, 1939-1945JewsFiction, historical, generalJews, fictionShanghai (china), fiction
After Kristallnacht, Dr. Franz Adler, a widowed Jewish surgeon, flees to Shanghai with his daughter. At a refugee hospital, Franz meets an enigmatic nurse, Soon Yi "Sunny" Mah. The chemistry between them is intense and immediate, but Sunny's life is shattered when a drunken Japanese sailor murders her father. Then, danger escalates for Shanghai's Jews as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Facing starvation and disease, Franz struggles to keep the refugee hospital open and to protect his family from a terrible fate.
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