Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles.
“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 buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of
sisterhood.”—Booklist
“A rich work . . . as compulsively readable as it is an
enlightening journey.”—Denver Post
“The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See’s deftly
plotted Shanghai Girls.”—Vogue
“Splendid.”—More
“An engrossing tale of two sisters.”—Time
“Shanghai Girls is one of those books I could not wait to continue
reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly
told.”—St. Louis Dispatch
“As in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love, she has in
her latest novel created ordinary women who, through willfulness
and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things. . . . See, whose
writing is as graceful as these '’beautiful girls,'’ pulls off
another exceptional novel.”—Miami Herald
In prewar 1930s Shanghai, carefree sisters Pearl Chin and younger, prettier May are the "beautiful girls" whose images on posters beckon viewers to buy products. They openly scoff at their parents' superstitious, old-world ways, but they soon learn that the good life is but an illusion. The Japanese army's brutal invasion of the city makes their lives as beautiful girls impossible. Their businessman father loses everything to the ruthless mob, and to pay off his debts he forces his daughters into arranged marriages to Chinese men living in the United States. See is masterly in her powerful depictions of the prejudice and harsh treatment the sisters encounter as they try to assimilate into the strange new world of Los Angeles. Possibly the best book yet from the author of Peony in Love; highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/09.]-Marika Zemke, Commerce Twshp. Community Lib., MI Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
"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 buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of
sisterhood."-Booklist
"A rich work . . . as compulsively readable as it is an
enlightening journey."-Denver Post
"The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's
deftly plotted Shanghai Girls."-Vogue
"Splendid."-More
"An engrossing tale of two sisters."-Time
"Shanghai Girls is one of those books I could not wait to continue
reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly
told."-St. Louis Dispatch
"As in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in
Love, she has in her latest novel created ordinary women who,
through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary
things. . . . See, whose writing is as graceful as these
''beautiful girls,'' pulls off another exceptional
novel."-Miami Herald
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