{"product_id":"9789814677769","title":"A Flash of Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1883.\u003cbr\u003eChina is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. In the countryside, antagonism against foreigners and missionaries is growing and the warlords are at large.\u003cbr\u003eLi Ling, a young peasant girl in China, flees to Malaya to escape being made a concubine to a warlord, only to find herself tricked into becoming a second wife to a rich man with sadistic tendencies. Her life becomes intertwined with that of her rescuer, Shao Peng, in a Malaya that is rapidly transforming under British rule.A Flash of Water follows New Beginnings and together with Sweet Offerings and Bitter-Sweet\u003cbr\u003eHarvest forms a quadrilogy, which traces the lives of one family against the turbulent political, economic and social changes in China and Malaya. The books are complete in themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065674219760,"sku":"9789814677769","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814677769_p0.jpg?v=1763691323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814677769","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}