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Tento cyklus príbehov sa odohráva v búrlivých 50. rokoch v Amerike, zasadený do pulzujúceho srdca sanfranciského Chinatownu. Sleduje romantický vzťah medzi dvoma mladými ženami, ktorý rozkvitá tvárou v tvár spoločenským predsudkom a politickej paranoji Červeného strachu. Dievčatá sa musia postaviť nebezpečenstvu, aby ich zakázaná láska mohla uzrieť svetlo sveta, zatiaľ čo sa vyrovnávajú s hrozbou deportácie a existenčnou neistotou.

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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