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Shanghai Girls: A Novel
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ISBN 1400067111
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Comparing China's tradition with the Culture of the West:   There's seems to be so much irony in this paragraph. The influence of western culture is portrayed as being beautiful and magical against the more tradional culture of China. Pearl..
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Sisters:   I'm sure that this must be a universal phenomenon between siblings, especially between sisters. I know it is so between me and mine!..
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Shanghai Girls: A Novel

Lisa See

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. 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 of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are—Shanghai girls.

Published by Random House 11347_33d48d9e7b33fb12aa4647bb65c2e10esm36x36

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