Two Americans—one a translator who lives in China and the other an archaeologist—begin a search for the long-missing bones of Peking Man, which the archaeologist believes he can find. Alice, the translator, lives in China as a means of escaping her father, a well-known racist politician in the U.S. Her part in the search for the bones of Peking Man takes her in directions that they never could have imagined.
I thought the story of the search for the bones of Peking Man was a really interesting one, and I was completely hooked by it. At the same time, the descriptions of the culture in China was equally fascinating as seen through the eyes of Alice. She had chosen to live in a country in which she would never be truly accepted or thought of as an equal, and her love for the country nonetheless made her a really interesting character.
This is a really well-written and interesting book that has everything—a mystery, political intrigue, and a love story. I couldn’t put it down.
