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Shanghai Girls

by Various
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Shanghai Girls
Shanghai Girls
Shanghai Girls

Immigrant sisters navigate love and loyalty in 1930s LA.

If you're fascinated by stories of resilience and familial bonds, "Shanghai Girls" could intrigue you. Lisa See paints a vivid picture of two sisters' odyssey as they leave behind the glitz of Shanghai for a gritty new life in Los Angeles. The novel gracefully combines the rich tapestry of Chinese culture with the challenges of American assimilation. It's a poignant tale that explores the depths of sisterhood against the backdrop of historical change.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Shanghai Girls

by Various
$9.90 Now $6.90 Save 30%
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ISBN: 9781408804636
Author: Various
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.92
(rated by 162009 readers)

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.
 

Immigrant sisters navigate love and loyalty in 1930s LA.

If you're fascinated by stories of resilience and familial bonds, "Shanghai Girls" could intrigue you. Lisa See paints a vivid picture of two sisters' odyssey as they leave behind the glitz of Shanghai for a gritty new life in Los Angeles. The novel gracefully combines the rich tapestry of Chinese culture with the challenges of American assimilation. It's a poignant tale that explores the depths of sisterhood against the backdrop of historical change.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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