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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Type
Novel
ISBN
9780812980530
Book Title
Shanghai Girls : a Novel
Book Series
Shanghai Girls Ser.
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
2010
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Lisa See
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Literary, Asian American, Historical
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812980530
ISBN-13
9780812980530
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Shanghai Girls : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Literary, Asian American, Historical
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Author
Lisa See
Book Series
Shanghai Girls Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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LCCN
2010-291020
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"A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."Booklist "A rich work. . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."-Denver Post From the Hardcover edition., "See is a gifted writer, and in Shanghai Girls she again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."- USA Today "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." Booklist "A rich work…as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."- Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plotted Shanghai Girls ." - Vogue "Splendid"- More "An engrossing tale of two sisters."Time.com " Shanghai Girls is one of those books I could not wait to continue reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly told."- St. Louis Dispatch "As in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love , she has in her latest novel created ordinary women who, through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things…See, whose writing is as graceful as these ''beautiful girls,'' pulls off another exceptional novel." Miami Herald From the Hardcover edition., "See is a gifted writer, and inShanghai Girlsshe again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."-USA Today "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."Booklist "A rich work. . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."-Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plottedShanghai Girls."-Vogue "Splendid"-More From the Hardcover edition., "See is a gifted writer, and in Shanghai Girls she again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience." -- USA Today "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." -- Booklist "A rich work . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey." -- Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plotted Shanghai Girls." -- Vogue "Splendid." -- More "An engrossing tale of two sisters."-- Time "Shanghai Girls is one of those books I could not wait to continue reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly told." -- St. Louis Dispatch "As in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love, she has in her latest novel created ordinary women who, through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things. . . . See, whose writing is as graceful as these ''beautiful girls,'' pulls off another exceptional novel." -- Miami Herald, "See is a gifted writer, and in Shanghai Girls she again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."- USA Today "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." Booklist "A rich work…as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."- Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plotted Shanghai Girls ." - Vogue "Splendid"- More "An engrossing tale of two sisters."Time.com " Shanghai Girls is one of those books I could not wait to continue reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly told."- St. Louis Dispatch "As in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love , she has in her latest novel created ordinary women who, through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things…See, whose writing is as graceful as these ''beautiful girls,'' pulls off another exceptional novel." Miami Herald, "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."Booklist "A rich work. . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."-Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plottedShanghai Girls."-Vogue "Splendid"-More From the Hardcover edition., "See is a gifted writer, and inShanghai Girlsshe again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."-USA Today "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."Booklist "A rich work…as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey."-Denver Post "The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plottedShanghai Girls."-Vogue "Splendid"-More "An engrossing tale of two sisters."Time.com "Shanghai Girlsis one of those books I could not wait to continue reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly told."-St. Louis Dispatch "As inSnow Flower and the Secret FanandPeony in Love, she has in her latest novel created ordinary women who, through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things…See, whose writing is as graceful as these ''beautiful girls,'' pulls off another exceptional novel."Miami Herald From the Hardcover edition.
Series Volume Number
1
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."-- USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars, gangsters and gamblers, patriots and revolutionaries, artists and warlords. Thanks to the financial security and material comforts provided by their father's prosperous rickshaw business, twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Though both sisters wave off authority and tradition, they couldn't be more different: Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true Sheep, adorable and placid. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree . . . until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that in order to repay his debts he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from California to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, one that will take them through the Chinese countryside, in and out of the clutch of brutal soldiers, and across the Pacific to the shores of America. In Los Angeles they begin a fresh chapter, trying to find love with the strangers they have married, brushing against the seduction of Hollywood, and striving to embrace American life even as they fight against discrimination, brave Communist witch hunts, and find themselves hemmed in by Chinatown's old ways and rules. At its heart, Shanghai Girls is a story of sisters: Pearl and May are inseparable best friends who share hopes, dreams, and a deep connection, but like sisters everywhere they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. They love each other, but each knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt the other the most. Along the way they face terrible sacrifices, make impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are: Shanghai girls. Praise for Shanghai Girls "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." -- Booklist "A rich work . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey." -- Denver Post, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."-- USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars, gangsters and gamblers, patriots and revolutionaries, artists and warlords. Thanks to the financial security and material comforts provided by their father's prosperous rickshaw business, twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Though both sisters wave off authority and tradition, they couldn't be more different: Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true Sheep, adorable and placid. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree . . . until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that in order to repay his debts he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from California to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, one that will take them through the Chinese countryside, in and out of the clutch of brutal soldiers, and across the Pacific to the shores of America. In Los Angeles they begin a fresh chapter, trying to find love with the strangers they have married, brushing against the seduction of Hollywood, and striving to embrace American life even as they fight against discrimination, brave Communist witch hunts, and find themselves hemmed in by Chinatown's old ways and rules. At its heart, Shanghai Girls is a story of sisters: Pearl and May are inseparable best friends who share hopes, dreams, and a deep connection, but like sisters everywhere they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. They love each other, but each knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt the other the most. Along the way they face terrible sacrifices, make impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are: Shanghai girls. Praise for Shanghai Girls "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." -- Booklist "A rich work . . . as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey." -- Denver Post
LC Classification Number
PS3569.E3334S53 2010

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  • Shanghai Girls is easy and enjoyable to read.

    The author Lisa See tells the story of two sisters growing up in Shanghai. The story is told as "Historical Fiction." I learned so much about the society in which the girls grew up, their household, family relations and the sacrifices they endured. The girls make their way away from the war that was taking place in China at the time. The travel they made to a port that would take them to America. Landing in America they stayed at Angel Island Immigration Station, for quite a long time enduring interrogations from the administration, poor diet, and new challengers! Then the surprise of their lifestyles they were introduced to were far from what they had been told to imagine! They worked for the family they were wed into, in Chinatown. Getting used to living as part of a large family ...

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  • Historical Rollercoaster

    I loved this book. The story of two sisters so different but so tied to each other. An amazing tale. Starting the sequel today.

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  • good story line

    This book was recommended to me and as of today have not read it.

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    Good book.

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  • Shanghai girls

    I'm still reading it so far it is enjoyable.

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