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Another astonishing story by Lisa See about the life of two young women living and working in the Paris of Asia before and during the Japanese invasion and before the Communist revolution. Shanghai was a magical place to them, though the poverty, class, and filth are all there lurking behind the girls fascination. Pearl and May are daughters of a business owner and mother from the last generation of bound feet. They become "beautiful girls" -- models for artist's to paint in advertising and the
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Couldn't put it down. Always new adventures with every page.
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Loved it . . . loved all of her books . . .
I thought this book was pretty good.
Not as good as Snow Flower and the Secret Fan but interested enough to read Dreams of Joy
I didn't think it would end that way. So sudden.
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