04179cam a2200493 4500 245465774 TxAuBib 20151027120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781588368607 1588368602 B001NLL82Y Amazon 9d339b80-63e7-422b-a0af-93865f500af7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 199244 OverDrive (Product ID) 163636 199244 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2329kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>"See is a gifted writer, and in <b>Shanghai Girls</b> she again explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."</p>. HTML:<i>USA Today</i>. "A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood.". HTML:<i>Booklist</i>. "A rich work...as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey.". HTML:<i>Denver Post</i>. HTML:"The glamour of prewar Shanghai is recalled in Lisa See's deftly plotted <b>Shanghai Girls</b><i>."</i>. HTML:<i>Vogue</i>. "An engrossing tale of two sisters.". Time.com. HTML:<i>"</i><b>Shanghai Girls</b> is one of those books I could not wait to continue reading, because her characters' stories are so compellingly told.". HTML:<i>St. Louis Dispatch</i>. HTML:"As in <b>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</b> and <b>Peony in Love</b>, 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.". HTML:<i>Miami Herald</i>. HTML:<p>BONUS: This edition contains a <i>Shanghai Girls</i> discussion guide and an excerpt from Lisa See's <i>Dreams of Joy</i>.<br /> <br /> In 1937 Shanghai--the Paris of Asia--twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree--until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth. To repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face 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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-10-27 20:00:02. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9d339b80-63e7-422b-a0af-93865f500af7 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/39B/80/ShanghaiGirls9781588368607.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D339B80-63E7-422B-A0AF-93865F500AF7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/39B/80/ShanghaiGirls9781588368607.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D339B80-63E7-422B-A0AF-93865F500AF7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/39B/80/ShanghaiGirls9781588368607.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D339B80-63E7-422B-A0AF-93865F500AF7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXKYP