Shanghai girls : a novel
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New York : Random House, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
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Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
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Published
New York : Random House, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Street Date
0905
Language
English
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In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamor, 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
See, L. (2009). Shanghai girls: a novel . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. 2009. Shanghai Girls: A Novel. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls: A Novel Random House, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls: A Novel Random House, 2009.
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