"I think love is when you think you need someone for your survival. Survival defined broadly."
"The way you think sometimes . . ." "The way I think what?" "It . . . surprises me. Yoko
we need each other. Family - family is all we have." 'Smart tender and
lyrical-SHANGHAILANDERS is a moving debut novel and one that never stops surprising the reader
. . . This is the kind of book I wish I'd read when I first was learning to write.' Jiaming
Tang While the years rewind from 2040 back to 2014 Shanghailanders brings readers into the
shared and separate lives of the Yang family parent by parent daughter by daughter and
through the eyes of the people in their orbit-a nanny from the provinces a private driver with
a penchant for danger and a grandmother whose memories of the past echo the present. As they
build their lives in this old futuristic city we see Leo his wife Eko and their daughters
Yumi Yoko and Kiko trip over their own desires in their bids to connect with one another in
their attempts to be a family. Though the world shifts and brings change for each of the Yangs
universal constants remain: love is complex and family will always be stubbornly connected by
blood secrets and longing. Dazzlingly constructed and achingly resonant Shanghailanders is
an unforgettable exploration of everything that follows 'happily ever after'-and the ways a
family makes and remakes itself across the years. 'A wonderful and wildly smart and compelling
book. If Shanghai is the future this terrific novel knows it all.' Joan Silber