The Russian Concubine - Kate Furnivall 10
Although this book took me a little while to read, I loved it and when I was able to read it I couldn’t put it down. Just like Kate Furnivall’s other book, “The Red Scarf”, the story pulled me in immediately and I fell in love with the characters. The first being a bright, 16 year old Russian girl, Lydia, who is a rule breaker and fiercely loyal and brave in all that she does. The other is a young Communist Chinese man, Chang An Lo. The story takes place in China in 1928 and tensions are high between the Chinese and Communists. Lydia meets, helps, and falls in love with Chang An Lo, you can only imagine how her mother feels about this. In addition to her mothers personal feelings, a Russian girl and Chinese boy together are not looked kindly upon by anyone during these times. Lydia is torn in so many directions, and to watch her handle it all you forget she is a young girl. The story is gripping and filled with love and danger on every page.
