"The Last Mandarin" by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
\ n"Alice Li\, a first-generation Chinese-American\, is an erstwhile food blogger who has lived in the shadow of her mother\, Vivien Li. A Chinese dissident who escaped China after Tiananmen Square\, Vivien is now a globa lly recognized human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free an d democratic China. When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously al l around the world\, setting off a panic\, the signal is traced back to Ch ina. As world leaders scramble to respond\, Vivien and Alice are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can decode the Chinese intentions. Whi le it makes some sense that the President would turn to Vivien\, since she regularly advises world leaders on the actions of today's Chinese governm ent\, what isn't clear is why they'd want to talk to Alice. After looking at the evidence\, Vivien says that the only thing worse than the Chinese g overnment being behind it\, is if they are not. It would mean\, she explai ns\, that some clandestine element within China is calling the shots. That the President of China has lost control. And an unstable China cannot be good for anyone. Or perhaps that's exactly what the shrewd old politician wants everyone to think. Caught up in the chaos\, Vivien and Alice are uni quely placed to stop the next\, cataclysmic attack. But there are forces d eep within both the American and Chinese governments intent on stopping mo ther and daughter. The estranged pair\, who excels at misunderstanding eac h other\, must figure out how to work together. The increasingly frantic s earch for answers takes the women from the Oval Office to an office buildi ng in Akron\, Ohio\, from the noodle shops of Hong Kong to the necropolis of the first emperor. Along the way they must decode an old legend\, and a n old language invented by women\, for women"- Provided by publisher
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