num_pages: 256
description: When We were Orphans
language: English
title: When We Were Orphans
titlecomplete: When We Were Orphans
characters: Sir Cecil Medhurst, Mr Grayson, Aldra, Lady Beaton, Mr Lin, Wang Ku, Mr Banks, Mr MacDonald, Diana Banks, Colonel Chamberlain, Anthony Morgan, Sarah Hemmings, James Osbourne, Christopher Banks, Akira, Etsuko, Inspector Kung, Uncle Philip, Mei Li, Miss Givens, Jennifer
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, China, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 39194
places: Shanghai, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd