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On Gold Mountain
See, Lisa

ISBN10: 9781408811788 ISBN13: 9781408811788
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Electronic Book
In 1867, Lisa See’s great-great-grandfather left China in search of riches on the 'Gold Mountain’, the Chinese name for the promised land of America. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman... More

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Peony in Love
See, Lisa

ISBN10: 9781408811795 ISBN13: 9781408811795
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Electronic Book
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... More

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Dreams of Joy
See, Lisa

ISBN10: 9781408824818 ISBN13: 9781408824818
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Electronic Book
Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on the side of the people, despite what her family keeps telling her. How can she... More

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ISBN: 9780679768524 - On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
See, Lisa

ISBN10: 0679768521 ISBN13: 9780679768524
Publisher: Vintage Books USA VINTAGE BOOKS
Edition: Vintage Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Aug 1996
Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and... More

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Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

ISBN10: 1408822601 ISBN13: 9781408822609
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 May 2012
The Number One New York Times bestseller A tale of two mothers, one daughter and a fatherland on the brink of catastrophe... Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and... More

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ISBN: 9781408821626 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See

ISBN10: 1408821621 ISBN13: 9781408821626
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition: Media tie-in
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jun 2011
In the vein of Memoirs of a Geisha and Empress Orchid, this mesmerizing novel about two young girls growing up in feudal China is now a major motion picture Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive... More

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Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

ISBN10: 1408822296 ISBN13: 9781408822296
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Aug 2011
A tale of two mothers, one daughter and a fatherland on the brink of catastrophe... Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on... More

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Shanghai Girls
Lisa See

ISBN10: 1408801124 ISBN13: 9781408801123
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Jul 2010
Two sisters, a world at war and one life-changing secret. Shanghai, 1937. Pearl and May are two sisters from a bourgeois family. Though their personalities are very different - Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true... More

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Peony in Love
Lisa See

ISBN10: 074759273X ISBN13: 9780747592730
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Jul 2008
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... More

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On Gold Mountain
Lisa See

ISBN10: 0747599076 ISBN13: 9780747599074
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Feb 2009
A fascinating memoir of a Chinese-American family by the bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather left China in search of riches on the 'Gold Mountain', the Chinese name for the promised land... More

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