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Original Title:	Shanghai Girls
ISBN:	1400067111 (ISBN13: 9781400067114)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Shanghai Girls #1
Characters:	Pearl Chin, May Chin, Sam Louie
Setting:	Shanghai(China) Los Angeles, California(United States)
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009), Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2009)

Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) Hardcover | Pages: 309 pages

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Title	:	Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)
Author	:	Lisa See
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 309 pages
Published	:	May 26th 2009 by Random House
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. China. Asia. Literature. Asian Literature. Adult Fiction

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Pearl and May are sisters, living carefree lives in Shanghai, the Paris of Asia. But when Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, they 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 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, twenty-one-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 that 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.

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Yet another book about immigration, racism and discrimination.In a superficial layer this book is about two sisters, Pearl and May, their differences, their relationship. Which being honest is all I knew of the book.However, there is an inner layer. This layer took me by surprise because I wasn't expecting to learn that much of China's history (that mainly because I didn't read the description of the book before reading it). It was so interesting to get the story of another race (not just

There's a phrase in Chinese, chi ku (eat bitterness), which Lisa See's Shanghai Girls exemplifies perfectly. From one end of the book to the other, there's nothing but hardships and heartaches.The first hardship I found is not actually in the story in the novel, but comes from the novel itself. See writes in the first person through the voice of Pearl, a girl growing up in Shanghai during the volatile Sino-Japanese war. Unfortunately, Pearl seems too self-aware of other people's thoughts,

I'm going to have to admit that I stayed up 'til all hours of the night to read this book. But, that being said, I also have to say that in my opinion it's not a very good book at all. The plot is rollicking (the main characters, formerly wealthy girls in Shanghai, must escape both gangsters and the Japanese; then they go to California to join the men they've wed, first coping with a grueling and prolonged interrogation process on Angel Island; get involved in the movie business and the tourist

Wow. Lisa See absolutely never, ever disappoints. She is an amazing storyteller, and Shanghai Girls is an amazing story. I think I forgot to breathe during the last twenty pages.What a great movie this novel would make. Id line up to see it.Recommendation: For a stunning, compelling and captivating read, put Shanghai Girls at the top of your to-read list.2nd best-read of 2009

Lisa Sees book about China in 1937 stretching until shortly after the reign of communism begins is probably the most difficult book I have ever rated.Ever.Going into this review I fully understand I was not raised in the Chinese culture and well, Im white. I dont understand the reactions of the characters to situations and other characters. Thats why while I say this book is the most depressing book I have ever read and I actually sympathize with the character who committed suicide because this

This book was very disappointing. I went into it eager to learn about this point in history and this should have been a good book considering the premise of the story. I think it started out well and the family and events in China held my interest and seemed well-defined. Still, the tragedies never felt that compelling, and even what should have outraged me when they arrived in the US, never had the impact they would have if better written. I should have gotten angry, I should have cried, I

This is the second Lisa See novel that I've read, and both times when I've finished her books I've felt vaguely duped. There's so much historical detail in here, much of it grim, that I feel like I must be reading something sweeping and important. But the character-driven parts of the plot (often about tensions and jealousies in close female relationships) remind me more of...Danielle Steel, maybe? Dare I say it? Something kind of primal and potboiler-y and not too nuanced. So and so is the