Pearl Of China: A Novel

by Anchee Min

2021-01-05 20:58:38

In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daughter of Christian missiona... Read more

In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daughter of Christian missionaries-and will grow up to become Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist. This unlikely pair becomes lifelong friends, confiding their beliefs and dreams, experiencing love and motherhood, and eventually facing civil war and exile. Pearl of China brings new color to the remarkable life of Pearl S. Buck, illuminated by the sweep of history and an intimate, unforgettable friendship.

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Book Details

File size8.26 X 5.51 X 0.81 in
Print pages304
PublisherBloomsbury USA
Publication date April 4, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781608193127
Author
Anchee Min (born Jan 14, 1957) is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. At seventeen she was sent to a labour collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Fi...

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