Miss Jill: A Novel

Miss Jill: A Novel

<DIV>Meet Miss Jill, a young woman pursuing the oldest profession in pre-war Shanghai. At fifteen, blonde, and with a somewhat empty-headed prettiness, Jill begins her career as a mistress of a Japanese banker. Soon after, she becomes a European prostitute in the house of Annette, and believes that marriage will come soon from a privileged Count. Yet none of her adventures prepares Miss Jill for the war and her subsequent internment. Here is Emily Hahn at her richest, portraying a period in time with great authenticity and empathy. <I>Miss Jill</I>, like its titular protagonist, is a novel with charm and personality.<BR /><BR /> Author of such celebrated and acclaimed works as <I>The Soong Sisters</I>, <I>China to Me</I>, and <I>Fractured Emerald</I>, Hahn has been called "a forgotten American literary treasure" (<I>The New Yorker</I>).</DIV>