The Three Daughters of Madame Liang - Softcover

Buck, Pearl S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671801333 ISBN 13: 9780671801335

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1975

Synopsis

After her husband takes a concubine, Madame Liang sets out on her own, starting an upscale restaurant and sending her daughters to America to be educated. At the restaurant, the leaders of the People's Republic wine and dine and Madame Liang must keep a low profile for her daughters' sake.

Soon her two eldest daughters are called back to serve the People's Republic. Her oldest daughter, Grace, now a doctor, finds meaning through her work. Things are not as easy for her daughter Mercy, a musician who is not in demand in the People's Republic, nor for her new husband who she has brought back to China with her.

Watching her two daughters grow apart and knowing that her youngest daughter will never return, Madame Liang must also face the challenges The Cultural Revolution, and how to keep herself and the restaurant, alive.

About this title

About the Author:

Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia and taken to China as an infant before the turn of the century. Buck grew up speaking Chinese as well as English. She is the most widely translated American author to this day. She has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. She died in 1973.

Review:

Three Daughters of Madame Liang is written with gentleness and elegance, like one of those old Chinese scroll paintings. -- The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0671801333
• ISBN 13: 9780671801335
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback