03999cam a2200877 4500 521388163 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781588368607 1588368602 B001NLL82Y Amazon 9d339b80-63e7-422b-a0af-93865f500af7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 163636 163636 163636 199244 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2009. relationships. World War II. racism. Friendship. literary fiction. War. Chinatown. Historical. family life. sisters. prejudice. mothers. California. Immigration. Saga. love. Coming of age. ww2. women. China. Historical Fiction. Women's Fiction. WWII. Hollywood. Mother's Day. arranged marriage. World War 2. Shanghai. Chinese American. historical novels. lisa see. world war 2 books. WW 2. mothers day gifts. historical fiction books. new york times best sellers. best sellers list new york times. ww 2 books. ww ii books. lisa see books. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2544kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • “A gifted writer . . .&#160;explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—</b><i><b>USA Today</b><br /></i><br /> BONUS: This edition contains a&#160;<i>Shanghai Girls</i>&#160;discussion guide and an excerpt from Lisa See's&#160;<i>Dreams of Joy</i>.<br /> <br /> 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... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:30:24. https://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) https://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) https://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)