The Phoenix Pencil Company
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In this dazzling debut novel of love and secret histories, a young
woman unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a
hidden family ability which will alter the path of her life
forever.'Wildly inventive ... Allison King is a talent to watch'
LIZ MOORE, author of The God of the WoodsMonica Tsai spends most
days on her computer coding for a program that seeks to connect
strangers online. A self-confessed recluse, she finds herself
escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can
return home to her beloved grandparents.They are now in their
nineties, and she worries about them - especially her grandmother
Yun whose memory has begun to fade.Monica has become intent on
tracking down her grandmother Yun's long-lost cousin, Meng, before
it's too late. In her search, Monica connects with a young woman
archivist who presents her with a single pencil that holds a clue
to a hidden family history. Through this discovery Monica comes to
learn of her grandmother's years in Shanghai, working at the
Phoenix Pencil Company.As WWII raged outside their door, Yun and
Meng came into a power unique to the women in their family: the
ability to reclaim stories from the pencils they were written
with.But when government officials uncovered their secret ability,
they were both forced into a life of espionage, betraying other
people's stories to survive. These shocking revelations set Monica
on a path that will change all their lives in ways she can scarcely
imagine.At once a sweeping family epic and a powerful love story
with deep emotional resonance, Allison King's brilliantly inventive
debut novel pushes us to question how well we really know our own
stories and the many beguiling ways they can connect our lives.
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HarperCollins Publishers ,
Allison King
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HarperCollins Publishers,
Allison King
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Slovart
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Slovart
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