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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai：This book is based on the diaries of Rena Krasno, from a Russian Jewish family growing up in Shanghai during World War II. The setting is multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and the author provides fascinating details from the history of a city that no longer exists. The historic value of the book lies in the fact that Rena made daily diary entries and the entries included facts about the social events and people's life at that time.