Shanghai Girls
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Call Number: Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / See, Lisa
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch
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Compact discs.
Read by Janet Song.
In the mid 1930's two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain men" when their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the get there they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
good read submitted by ravsara on July 23, 2017, 12:29pm I enjoyed this glimpse into WWII China and the ordeal involved in coming to America.
PUBLISHED
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 11 sound discs (13 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781415958971 :
1415958971 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Song, Janet.
SUBJECTS
Sisters -- Fiction.
Chinese -- United States -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.