Shanghai Girls (Hardcover)


by See, Lisa
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    A novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old, Shanghai Girls is a fresh, fascinating adventure from beloved and bestselling author Lisa See.
 
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Description:

For readers of the phenomenal bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love - a stunning new novel from Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles.

May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl's parents arrange for their daughters to marry "Gold Mountain men" who have come from Los Angeles to find brides.

But when the sisters leave China and arrive at Angel's Island (the Ellis Island of the West)- where they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months - they feel the harsh reality of leaving home. And when May discovers she's pregnant the situation becomes even more desperate. The sisters make a pact that no one can ever know.

A novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old, Shanghai Girls is a fresh, fascinating adventure from beloved and bestselling author Lisa See.

Author:
See, Lisa
ISBN:
9781400067114
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
314
Publish Date:
05/26/2009
Publisher:
Random House Inc
Language:
English
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

 

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

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Engaging Story

bogy182 Aug 16, 2009

This was a very engaging story, I was hooked in the first chapter. It paints two very different pictures of Shanghai from pre and post war times. The authors descriptions are so vivid it's like you can hear the sounds and taste the smells she describes. The story of the two sisters is one of amazing courage, friendship, and perserverance. It's hard to believe the way they had to live in San Francisco in the not so distant past. Although the book spans about 20 years, the ending almost seems too abrupt. I'm hoping the author follows up with a second book to let us know what happens in the lives which you become so engrossed in.

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shanghai girls

kissychrissy May 29, 2009

Loved it....like all of Lisa See's novels. It's more modern than snowflower and Peony but just as captivating. I could read it again, and I just finished it........2 days......couldn't put it down.

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