The Piano Teacher by Janice Y K Lee

Location: Sibel's

When: Monday May 24, 2010, 7:30pm

“That’s us, the British colonials, battling against our circum stances, always,” the formidable Edwina Storch says to Claire Pendleton over tea one sweltering afternoon. Most of the colony’s British residents are cultivating a lifestyle of potted palms and potted duck. But not 28-year-old Claire. While her compatriots wilt and sweat, she glows. Hong Kong suits her. “Something about the tropical clime had ripened her appearance, brought everything into harmony.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/books/review/Fugard-t.html