Book Club Favorite Lisa See's Shanghai Girls On Sale Now
I feel remiss not mentioning this earlier, but Lisa See's newest novel, Shanghai Girls is now on sale. Her Snow Flower and the Secret Fan became a book club staple when it was published. She followed that with Peony in Love. Now, in Shanghai Girls, See tells the story of Pearl and May Chin, two well-off women living the life in 1937 Shanghai, who are both abruptly married off to men living in America after their father gambles away their family's wealth. Pearl and May are moved to Los Angeles where they face discrimination and Communist witch hunts, while finding themselves hemmed in by Chinatown’s old ways and rules. The sisters are close and there for each other, but like sisters everywhere, they harbor resentments as well as a secret that could change everything. I loved Snow Flower and can't wait to read this one. Read an excerpt of Shanghai Girls here, catch See on tour near you, and watch a great interview with her about the novel below.
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I have just finished reading The Shanghai Girls. See has an amazing ability to evoke deep emotions in the reader yet she uses no graphic descriptions or four letter words. My congratulations to her on an exceptional book, written with incredible skill, which permits the reader to experience the war and post war lives of Chinese Americans. Keep up the good work.
I've just finished SnowFlower and the Secret Fan, and absolutely loved loved it!
The tears wouldn't stop coming towards the end, and I knew that this would be a book that would stay with me forever.
I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of Lisa's novels!
Thanks for highlighting this. I loved Lisa See's other books and now I'm going out to hunt this one down.
Posted by: Nicole | June 07, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Thank you so much for sharing this! Hooray for a sequel!!! :)
Posted by: Joy | June 07, 2009 at 02:03 PM
I loved, loved, loved Snowflower and have forgotten about her other one until now. I have two new books I could read of hers! Thanks!
Posted by: Lauren | June 08, 2009 at 01:32 AM
Sounds great!
Posted by: Kelly | June 08, 2009 at 09:32 AM
I loved Snowflower, so I can't wait to read Shanghi Girls. Thanks for sharing info about the sequel.
Posted by: jenny | June 11, 2009 at 09:54 PM
I have just finished reading The Shanghai Girls. See has an amazing ability to evoke deep emotions in the reader yet she uses no graphic descriptions or four letter words. My congratulations to her on an exceptional book, written with incredible skill, which permits the reader to experience the war and post war lives of Chinese Americans. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Sandy Grisham | June 27, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I've just finished SnowFlower and the Secret Fan, and absolutely loved loved it!
The tears wouldn't stop coming towards the end, and I knew that this would be a book that would stay with me forever.
I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of Lisa's novels!
Posted by: rachel | September 30, 2009 at 08:47 AM