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Paperback. Condition: Good. Peony has neither seen nor spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Nor has she ever ventured outside the cloistered women's quarters of the family villa. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, she finds herself betrothed to a man she does not know, but Peony has dreams of her own.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Peony has neither seen nor spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Nor has she ever ventured outside the cloistered women's quarters of the family villa. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, she finds herself betrothed to a man she does not know, but Peony has dreams of her own.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * A "haunting, magical, and absolutely impossible to forget" (The Boston Globe) novel about the unique friendship between two women in nineteenth-century China, from the acclaimed author of Shanghai Girls "A marvel of imagination . . . so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end."--Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles "[A] marvelous narrative . . . a timeless portrait of a contentious, full-blooded female friendship."--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) "An achingly beautiful, understated, and absorbing story of love . . . evokes the work of Jane Austen."--Cleveland Plain Dealer In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or "old same," in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she has written a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on the fan and compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. They both endure the agony of footbinding and together reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * A "haunting, magical, and absolutely impossible to forget" (The Boston Globe) novel about the unique friendship between two women in nineteenth-century China, from the acclaimed author of Shanghai Girls "A marvel of imagination . . . so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end."--Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles "[A] marvelous narrative . . . a timeless portrait of a contentious, full-blooded female friendship."--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) "An achingly beautiful, understated, and absorbing story of love . . . evokes the work of Jane Austen."--Cleveland Plain Dealer In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or "old same," in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she has written a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on the fan and compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. They both endure the agony of footbinding and together reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * Two Chinese sisters, sold as wives to American merchants, must adapt to a strange new country in this "powerful" (The Washington Post) historical novel from the acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. "A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."--USA Today In 1937 Shanghai--the Paris of Asia--twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree--until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that to repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines hold fast to who they are--Shanghai girls. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * Two Chinese sisters, sold as wives to American merchants, must adapt to a strange new country in this "powerful" (The Washington Post) historical novel from the acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. "A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."--USA Today In 1937 Shanghai--the Paris of Asia--twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree--until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that to repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines hold fast to who they are--Shanghai girls.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * Two Chinese sisters, sold as wives to American merchants, must adapt to a strange new country in this "powerful" (The Washington Post) historical novel from the acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. "A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience."--USA Today In 1937 Shanghai--the Paris of Asia--twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree--until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth and that to repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines hold fast to who they are--Shanghai girls. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * The acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan combines ancient myth with contemporary anxieties of religious fanaticism and terrorism to tell "an absorbing story" (The San Diego Union-Tribune) of love, betrayal, history, ecology, greed--and gory murder. "Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten."--The Washington Post Book World Liu Hulan, an inspector for China's Ministry of Public Security, and her American husband, attorney David Stark, are traveling to one of the most beautiful places on earth: the Three Gorges, where China's biggest engineering project since the building of the Great Wall is taking place. Hulan is there to investigate the death of an American archaeologist found floating in the waters of the Yangzi River; David is trying to figure out who's stealing artifacts from Site 518 and selling them on the international art market. Haunting the investigation is the possibility that an artifact has been found that could very well alter the history of civilization. Together, David and Hulan unearth more scandals, confront more murderers, and revive tragic memories that shake their tormented marriage to its core as they struggle to solve a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * The acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan combines ancient myth with contemporary anxieties of religious fanaticism and terrorism to tell "an absorbing story" (The San Diego Union-Tribune) of love, betrayal, history, ecology, greed--and gory murder. "Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten."--The Washington Post Book World Liu Hulan, an inspector for China's Ministry of Public Security, and her American husband, attorney David Stark, are traveling to one of the most beautiful places on earth: the Three Gorges, where China's biggest engineering project since the building of the Great Wall is taking place. Hulan is there to investigate the death of an American archaeologist found floating in the waters of the Yangzi River; David is trying to figure out who's stealing artifacts from Site 518 and selling them on the international art market. Haunting the investigation is the possibility that an artifact has been found that could very well alter the history of civilization. Together, David and Hulan unearth more scandals, confront more murderers, and revive tragic memories that shake their tormented marriage to its core as they struggle to solve a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * An American attorney and a Chinese detective must join forces to unravel a globe-spanning conspiracy in this "fascinating . . . thriller that enlightens as well as it entertains" (San Diego Union-Tribune) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. "Lisa See begins to do for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She discerns the hidden city lurking beneath the public facade."--The Washington Post Book World In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping's reign, the U.S. ambassador's son is found dead--his body entombed in a frozen lake. Around the same time, aboard a ship adrift off the coast of Southern California, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stark makes a startling discovery: the corpse of a Red Prince, a scion of China's political elite. The Chinese and American governments suspect that the deaths are connected and, in an unprecedented move, they join forces to see justice done. In Beijing, David teams up with the unorthodox police detective Liu Hulan. In an investigation that brings them to every corner of China and sparks an intense attraction between the two, David and Hulan discover a web linking human trafficking to the drug trade to governmental treachery--a web reaching from the Forbidden City to the heart of Los Angeles and, like the wide flower net used by Chinese fishermen, threatening to ensnare all within its reach. Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery.…