false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg 209279 15 From the author of The Good Earth comes the story of Madame Wu, a woman whose surprising decision to retire from married life and select a concubine for her husband upsets her extended household. "A searching, adult study of women written with high seriousness and sympathy." - The New York Times Book Review 1203625 1946 Pavilion of Women total:675|5:227|4:295|3:131|2:19|1:3| 675 2749 923 88 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 19 11:59:40 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 12:07:46 -0700 2007
"... Madame Wu had long ago learned t...more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 22:29:06 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 22:48:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 0 0 false Sat Oct 24 20:34:03 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:44:17 -0700 2009
Buck makes the situation feel very concrete. I've never be...more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Tue Mar 24 20:36:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:24:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Sat Jan 26 17:55:41 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 19:42:40 -0800 2008 Madame Wu is the decisive hard-nosed matriarch of the well-to-do Wu family in a decent-sized Chinese town away from the main cities in the early part of the last century. As she approaches her 40th birthday, she decides on a radical change. She will bring in a concubine for her husband, and he...more...]]> 1180463 0786273399 9780786273393 1 1 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181685170m/1180463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1180463.Pavilion_of_Women_A_Novel_of_Life_in_the_Woman_s_Quarters 0 0 false Wed Jan 02 19:22:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 19:22:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Nov 19 01:41:40 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 02:04:35 -0800 2007 I was so influenced by this book that I've ever had the same wish with madame Wu, the role person, to make myself for me only, when I reach 40 hehe...:P..isn't it wonderful, to leave all daily routines that I've been doing for years, and take vacation, trave...more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Fri Dec 04 21:37:46 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 21:41:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Apr 19 16:11:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:15:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 22:04:18 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 21:28:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 22:19:40 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 22:24:28 -0700 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Mon Nov 16 22:29:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 22:32:23 -0800 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Wed Jan 02 21:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 21:30:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 24 18:07:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 18:07:24 -0700 2009 ]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Fri Mar 27 14:26:02 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 14:27:50 -0700 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 22:00:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 22:01:13 -0800 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 29 12:00:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:44:01 -0700 2009 Once confronted she perfectly understood his expression: it was a mixture of amusement, shame, and pleasure.

Although Mr. Wu had been a handsome young man when she married him there were secrets of his person which she disliked. Even when she shared his passion, she was awar...more...]]> 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:14:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:18:23 -0700 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 18 19:01:32 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:02:34 -0700 2009 209279 155921287X 9781559212878 647 86 4.07 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172699885m/209279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209279.Pavilion_of_Women 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 15:22:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 15:22:38 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=209279