: Lost in Shanghai
The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Av, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Throughout her adventurous journalism career, one story has intrigued Jane Hutcheon more than any other: the story of her mother Beatrice’s turbulent childhood in pre-Communist Shanghai. It’s the tale of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence and looming war. After visiting…