Shanghai Girls
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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 their they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House Large Print, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 513 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Large Type
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780739328255
0739328255
SUBJECTS
Sisters -- Fiction.
Chinese -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.