false 5960325 12 <b>For readers of the phenomenal bestsellers <i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</i> and <i>Peony in Love</i>—a stunning new novel from Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles</b><br><br>May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents arrange for their daughters to marry “Gold Mountain men” who have come from Los Angeles to find brides.<br><br>But when the sisters leave China and arrive at Angel’s Island (the Ellis Island of the West)—where they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months—they feel the harsh reality of leaving home. And when May discovers she’s pregnant the situation becomes even more desperate. The sisters make a pact that no one can ever know. <br><br>A novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old, Shanghai Girls is a fresh, fascinating adventure from beloved and bestselling author Lisa See. 5991850 book 26 5 2009 Shanghai Girls: A Novel total:2883|5:76|4:232|3:153|2:36|1:7| 2883 10835 6159 982 5 5 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 14:55:40 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 16:16:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 30 09:48:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:48:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 07:43:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 07:48:00 -0700 2009 Amazon.com says it better than I could:

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For readers of the phenomenal bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love--a stunning new novel from Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 12:45:34 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:34:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:15:46 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:28:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:50:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:10:40 -0700 2009 1
Imagine two lovely, but deeply spoiled si...more...]]> 1 4 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:56:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:22:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 14:15:28 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 14:15:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 19:49:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:49:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 12:20:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 12:20:45 -0700 2009
This is a story which spans the time period from 1937, just before WW II, to 1957, the McCarthy communist scare era. Pearl and May are “beautiful girls”. This means that...more...]]> 4 1 false true Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 13:28:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 13:53:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 07:59:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:01:04 -0700 2009
I am more familiar with the immigrant stories from Europe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 21:00:31 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 21:07:03 -0700 2009 Shanghai Girls is the third book that I've read by Lisa See. In this novel, she takes a departure from the others that I'd read, Snowflower and the Secret Fan and Peony In Love. Her story begins not in the depths of the Chinese countryside, but rather in metropolitan Shanghai in the 1920s. What's...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 17:13:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:27:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false true Thu Jun 25 13:41:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:42:16 -0700 2009
Ever.

Going into this review I fully understand I was not raised in the Chinese culture and well, I’m white. I don’t underst...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:11:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:29:18 -0700 2009
Set in 1937 Shanghai, China, two sisters Pearl and May are enjoying the good life thanks to their father's wealth. With cooks, servants, and gardeners, Pearl and May want for nothing until ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:17:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:19:47 -0700 2009
But don’t dismiss Shanghai Girls as yet another book writte...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 23:23:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 23:32:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:30:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:42:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:04:43 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:05:37 -0700 2009 more...]]>