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Shanghai Girls: A Novel
Lisa See
Random House
June 2009
On Sale: May 26, 2009
336 pages ISBN: 1400067111 EAN: 9781400067114 Hardcover
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For readers of the phenomenal bestsellers Snow Flower and
the Secret Fan and Peony in Love--a stunning new novel from
Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new
lives in 1930s Los Angeles. May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-
1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but
their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to
improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents
arrange for their daughters to marry “Gold Mountain men”
who have come from Los Angeles to find brides. But when the sisters leave China and arrive at Angel’s
Island (the Ellis Island of the West)--where they are
detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months--they
feel the harsh reality of leaving home. And when May
discovers she’s pregnant the situation becomes even more
desperate. The sisters make a pact that no one can ever
know. A novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle
to find a new life in America while bound to the old,
Shanghai Girls is a fresh, fascinating adventure from
beloved and bestselling author Lisa See.
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