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Lisa See's historical novel Shanghai Girls tells the story of sisters Pearl and May Chin starting in Shanghai, China in 1937 when they are 21 and 18, and ending in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, when American anti-Communist sentiment was at its highest. Pearl and May are modern girls in 1937 Shanghai - the Paris of Asia - and theirs is a family of relative means. When their father loses everything he arranges marriages for the girls to two sons of the man to whom he is indebted, and from there
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“Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life.”
I enjoyed this historical fiction novel about two sisters - May and Pearl. I learned quite a bit about Chinese culture and the struggles of being Chinese Americans in the 1940s and 50s. I thought it was interesting to compare the discrimination that happens now - roughly 75 years later. Hoping to see the author this coming week as she talks about her latest novel.
I enjoyed this historical fiction novel about two sisters - May and Pearl. I learned quite a bit about Chinese culture and the struggles of being Chinese Americans in the 1940s and 50s. I thought it was interesting to compare the discrimination that happens now - roughly 75 years later. Hoping to see the author this coming week as she talks about her latest novel.
This is a story about sisterhood and emmigration over a 20 year period. Pearl and May are sisters and sisters-in-law. In China a person would want a son and daughters didn't matter much. Once a woman married she rarely saw her family, so being sisters-in-law was very important. I had never been exposed to the Chinese experience in America - and Shanghai Girls gives the reader a taste from the early 1900s though Old Man Louie into the 1950s. This book is well written and I can only hope for a seq
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I love this author, and this audiobook is the best of the best. I am thankful my sister and I did not act like these sisters.
Two Sisters and a family showing many ethnic values. There are many twists and turns to the book that you do not expect. This book does show the strengths and weaknesses of people.
This book was wonderful. The story was captivating and well written. I liked it better than Snow Flower and I'm thrilled there's a sequel!
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