false 713 328 330 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Dragon Bones, and On Gold Mountain. She was named the 2001 National Woman of the Year, by the Organization of Chinese American Women. She lives in Los Angeles.

]]> female Paris 2014608 1103 0812968069 9780812968064 5581 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157830997m/1103.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157830997s/1103.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1103.Snow_Flower_and_the_Secret_Fan 3.97 29134 713 3.86 42020 8985 2005 24472 140006466X 9781400064663 1463 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255845594m/24472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255845594s/24472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24472.Peony_in_Love 3.45 5811
For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own.

Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public.” But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet through its cracks, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave–and is immediately overcome with emotion.

So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow–as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes readers back to seventeenth-century China, after the Manchus seize power and the Ming dynasty is crushed.

Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard.]]> 713 3.86 42020 8985 2007 5960325 1400067111 9781400067114 1122 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570412m/5960325.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570412s/5960325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5960325.Shanghai_Girls 3.73 3502
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.

At its heart, Shanghai Girls is a story of sisters: Pearl and May are inseparable best friends who share hopes, dreams, and a deep connection, but like sisters everywhere they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. They love each other, but each knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt the other the most. Along the way they face terrible sacrifices, make 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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 713 3.86 42020 8985 2009 24468 0679768521 9780679768524 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209687692m/24468.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209687692s/24468.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24468.On_Gold_Mountain_The_One_Hundred_Year_Odyssey_of_My_Chinese_American_Family 3.91 385 713 3.86 42020 8985 1995 149281 0345440315 9780345440310 93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255737094m/149281.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255737094s/149281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149281.Dragon_Bones 3.36 393
The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed, and leads to the apparent murder of an American archaeologist, which officials want to keep quiet. And haunting Hulan’s investigation is the possible theft of ancient dragon bones that might alter the history of civilization itself.

Getting to the bottom of ever-spiraling events, Hulan unearths more scandals, confronts more murderers, and revives tragic memories that shake her tormented marriage to its core. In the end, she solves a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself.]]> 713 3.86 42020 8985 2003 24469 0061095435 9780061095436 64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167532376m/24469.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167532376s/24469.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24469.Flower_Net 3.36 307 On Gold Mountain.]]> 713 3.86 42020 8985 1997 24471 0099279487 9780099279488 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167532376m/24471.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167532376s/24471.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24471.The_Interior 3.36 227 Flower Net, Lisa See's debut in thriller fiction, but as The Interior begins, only a few months have passed since Liu Hulan, a detective in Communist China's Ministry of Public Security, and U.S. Attorney David Stark first teamed up to catch a murderer--and rekindled their old love affair. Now, as David struggles to find a way to get back to China--or convince Hulan to move to America--Hulan goes to the village of Da Shui at the request of an old friend whose daughter has been murdered. Initial evidence suggests that it may have something to do with the nearby factory owned by an American toy manufacturer, where hundreds of Chinese women are working in sweatshop conditions. Meanwhile, David's old law firm has suddenly offered him an opportunity to head its new Beijing office, where one of his first duties will be to help one of the firm's corporate clients complete his purchase of the toy company. See's descriptions of daily Chinese life, both in Beijing and the far outposts of the country, are richly detailed. But the novel's even greater strength lies in the contests of will between David and Hulan and their various adversaries--as well as between each other, as Hulan struggles against what she perceives as a threat to her independence, and David must withhold critical information from his partner because it comes from one of his clients. While it certainly helps to have read Flower Net, The Interior is a surefooted exotic thriller in its own right, which will undoubtedly earn Lisa See as many new fans as the old ones it pleases.]]> 713 3.86 42020 8985 1998 6980023 1588366235 9781588366238 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6980023-peony-and-the-interrupted-dream 5.00 1 713 3.86 42020 8985 2007 7402811 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7402811-shanghai-girls 0.0 0 713 3.86 42020 8985