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    612-822-4611

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Shanghai Girls

Shanghai Girls

See, Lisa

Paperback

Series: Shanghai Girls, Book 1

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0812980530
ISBN13: 9780812980530
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: Feb 2 2010
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD - Two Chinese sisters, sold as wives to American merchants, must adapt to a strange new country in this powerful (The Washington Post) historical novel from the acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.--USA Today

In 1937 Shanghai--the Paris of Asia--twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree--until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that to repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides.

As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines hold fast to who they are--Shanghai girls.

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