Shanghai Girls

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• SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See

  “What’s the first impression you have of a new place? Is it the first meal you eat? The first time you have an ice cream cone? The first person you meet? The first night you spend in your new bed in your new home? The first broken promise? The first ... (read full critics)

  mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

• Shanghai Girls By Lisa See

  Lisa See’s previous work has highlighted the lives of women in China from the 17th century to the present. Her latest novel, Shanghai Girls, opens in 1937 Shanghai, then shifts to the U.S., where See focuses her unique lens on the poverty and prejudi ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Sat, 11 Sep 2010

5 Reviews

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  Lisa See is one of the best writers of Chinese women's lives. This story is often painful but paints a great picture of the lives of Chinese immigrants in the 1930's.

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  Rameycreek said on Aug 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  once we were rich and then we were not

  Shanghai girls starts in the hey day of Shanghai, and two beautiful girls have the good life. Then the Japanese invade and it is all over. Oh, and Dad loses all their money, and sells them to American chinese and...... Frankly it felt like i was reading a tv movie of the week. Frankly no interest. I ... (continue)

  Shanghai girls starts in the hey day of Shanghai, and two beautiful girls have the good life. Then the Japanese invade and it is all over. Oh, and Dad loses all their money, and sells them to American chinese and...... Frankly it felt like i was reading a tv movie of the week. Frankly no interest. I stopped.

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  Gail Paris said on Oct 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  learn a lot from this book, so real.

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  be with said on May 9, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  same comment I made for Madame Tussaud...good enough but not great.

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  Psc said on Mar 28, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Preferred Lisa See's other books. Two girls who in 1937 have it all in Shanghai, freedom, money, beauty...until their father gambles it all away and they are sold off to husbands in America. Despite their bond he sisters are envious of each other each one believing that the other has been favoured ... (continue)

  Preferred Lisa See's other books. Two girls who in 1937 have it all in Shanghai, freedom, money, beauty...until their father gambles it all away and they are sold off to husbands in America. Despite their bond he sisters are envious of each other each one believing that the other has been favoured by their parents...this fallacy remains in the background for over 20 years sometimes interferring with their choices.

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  Allybally said on Sep 6, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 1400067111
• ISBN-13: 9781400067114
• Publisher: Random House
• Pub date: May 26, 2009
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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