San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism & racial slurs
- Suicide mentioned
- Drug use
- Forced institutionalisation
- Chronic migraines
- Death of parents mentioned
- Murder
- Fire
- Earthquake (1906 San Francisco)
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