As the Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong

From the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, from Kwantung, China to Wellington and Dunedin and the battlefields of the Western Front - a story of two families. Yung faces a new land that does not welcome the Chinese. Alone, Katherine struggles to raise her children and find her place in the world. In a climate of hostility towards the foreign newcomers, Katherine and Yung embark on a poignant and far-reaching love affair ... 

This book gave us a lot of food for discussion - our own impressions of Wellington, understanding how different groups struggle to integrate into our world.  

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