
Shanghai Girls
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Janet Song
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De:
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Lisa See
Number-one New York Times best-seller.
“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, 21-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 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)
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"A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood." (Booklist)
“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 rich work... as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey.” (Denver Post)
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Lisa See gets it right
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The story is mainly about the relationship between two sisters, with the back drop of war in China and then China Town in Los Angeles in the late 30's, 40's, and 50's. Lisa See often deals with the theme of how perception shapes your world and actions, and "Shanghai" is no exception.
I loved the story and the lessons presented. Don't miss this one!
Great Listen!
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The storyline was okay. I am usually excited to learn about other cultures, but didn't get much from this book other than the general "hardship" of the Chinese in China and the problems the Chinese had with coming to and living in America. And even these were a bit shallow.
I did finish the book, but don't think I will be interested in the sequel. I was glad to be done with this one.
Just okay.
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Good story - fair book
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A great book that kept me in suspense!
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Sad, but wonderful book
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Wonderful book!
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Well performed,Janet Song 😀👏
look forward to the follow-up book.
great story and performance
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wonderful!
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Another "favorite" book for me
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