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Mr. Right: (O Homem Ideal) - Couverture souple

Nery, Felipe

 
9781414026039: Mr. Right: (O Homem Ideal)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 141402603X ISBN 13 : 9781414026039
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

Directlyafter World War II, two young people from different backgrounds (an Irish girland a Macanese boy) met in Shanghai,fell in love.¿ This boy happened to be inthe USA as a student at the Stanford University in California who volunteered to fight for the USA when war was declared.¿ He was then sent to New Guinea to join his regiment to help the Allied Forces stop Japan from its incursions of the Far East regions.¿ At the battleground hecontracted a severe case of malaria.¿ Hewas hospitalized in Shanghai where he met an Irish girl who was working as a nurseat the hospital.Theyoung couple was soon married and not long after their marriage, the ChineseCommunist soldiers invaded Shanghai.¿ The Chinese Nationalist Forces and theAmerican Forces then withdrew from Shangai.¿ The young couple with allother American military families were sent by the U.S. Government to theStates.¿ They went to San Francisco where they established residence and raised twochildren.¿ The parents of the coupleeventually immigrated to the U.S.A.Thoughthis a novel, it is replete with historical eventsthat illuminated the days in question.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Directlyafter World War II, two young people from different backgrounds (an Irish girland a Macanese boy) met in Shanghai,fell in love.¿ This boy happened to be inthe USA as a student at the Stanford University in California who volunteered to fight for the USA when war was declared.¿ He was then sent to New Guinea to join his regiment to help the Allied Forces stop Japan from its incursions of the Far East regions.¿ At the battleground hecontracted a severe case of malaria.¿ Hewas hospitalized in Shanghai where he met an Irish girl who was working as a nurseat the hospital.Theyoung couple was soon married and not long after their marriage, the ChineseCommunist soldiers invaded Shanghai.¿ The Chinese Nationalist Forces and theAmerican Forces then withdrew from Shangai.¿ The young couple with allother American military families were sent by the U.S. Government to theStates.¿ They went to San Francisco where they established residence and raised twochildren.¿ The parents of the coupleeventually immigrated to the U.S.A.Thoughthis a novel, it is replete with historical eventsthat illuminated the days in question.

Biographie de l'auteur

FelipeB. Nery was born in Shanghai to Macanes parents.¿ He attended the St. Francis Xavier College in Shanghai and later the Seminario deSao Jose in Macao.¿ He firstworked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp and subsequently for theShanghai Municipal Council.In1945 he worked as a manager for the U.S. Army Officers' Club in Shanghai.¿ In the early1950's he settled in San Franciscoattending the Golden Gate University and achieving a Bachelor of Science Degree inTransportation.¿ He worked for theCalifornia State Public Utilities Commission for 22 years.¿ He has published "Concealed Identities."

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
141402603X
ISBN 13 
9781414026039
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
364
Coordonnées du fabricant
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