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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 trust them, when she has just learned that her parents have lied to her for her whole life, that her mother Pearl is really her aunt and that her real father is a famous artist who has been living in China all these years? Joy arrives in Green Dragon Village, where families live in crowded, windowless huts and eke out a meagre existence from the red soil. And where a handsome young comrade catches her eye...Meanwhile, Pearl returns to China to bring her daughter home - if she can. For Mao has launched his Great Leap Forward, and each passing season brings ever greater hardship to cities and rural communes alike. Joy must rely on her skill as a painter and Pearl must use her contacts from her decadent childhood in 1930s Shanghai to find a way to safety, and a chance of joy for them both.Haunting, passionate and heartbreakingly real, this is the unforgettable new novel by the internationally acclaimed Lisa See.

Esta novela es una ventana a un mundo asombroso, lejano y desconocido, un retrato vivo de la vida de unas mujeres extraordinarias que dejará en el lector una impresión difícil de olvidar.En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre si: elnu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la ferrea autoridad masculina, elnu shu era su unica via de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable.El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajo a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonetica, para estudiarla en profundidad. Su prolongada estancia le permitio recoger testimonios de mujeres que la conocian, asi como de la ultima hablante denu shu, la nonagenaria Yang Huanyi. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibio esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve.Como prueba de su buena estrella, la pequeña Lirio Blanco, hija de una humilde familia de campesinos, sera hermanada con Flor de Nieve, de muy diferente ascendencia social. En una ceremonia ancestral, ambas se convierten en laotong -mi otro yo o alma gemela-, un vinculo que perdurara toda la vida. Asi pues, a lo largo de los años, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve se comunicaran gracias a ese lenguaje secreto, compartiendo sus mas intimos pensamientos y emociones, y consolandose de las penalidades del matrimonio y la maternidad. Elnu shu las mantendra unidas, hasta que un error de interpretacion amenazara con truncar su profunda amistad.

In her most powerful novel yet, Lisa See returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearls strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth fatherthe artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime.

The author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls has garnered international acclaim for her great skill at rendering the intricate relationships of women and the complex meeting of history and fate. Now comes Lisa Sees highly anticipated new novel, China Dolls.Its 1938 in San Francisco: a worlds fair is preparing to open on Treasure Island, a war is brewing overseas, and the city is alive with possibilities. Grace, Helen, and Ruby, three young women from very different backgrounds, meet by chance at the exclusive and glamorous Forbidden City nightclub. Grace Lee, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest with nothing but heartache, talent, and a pair of dancing shoes. Helen Fong lives with her extended family in Chinatown, where her traditional parents insist that she guard her reputation like a piece of jade. The stunning Ruby Tom challenges the boundaries of convention at every turn with her defiant attitude and no-holds-barred ambition.The girls become fast friends, relying on one another through unexpected challenges and shifting fortunes. When their dark secrets are exposed and the invisible thread of fate binds them even tighter, they find the strength and resilience to reach for their dreams. But after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, paranoia and suspicion threaten to destroy their lives, and a shocking act of betrayal changes everything.

San Francisco, 1938. Alors que la guerre se prépare en Europe, l''Exposition internationale s''apprête à ouvrir ses portes. Grâce, Helen et Ruby, trois jeunes femmes aux trajectoires différentes, se

Ombres chinoises Los Angeles, 1957. Après avoir quitté l'Asie, Perle a donné naissance à Joy, devenue une jeune fille au caractère bien trempé. Trop, peut-être ? Bouleversée par les secrets familiaux

It's 1938 and the exclusive Oriental nightclub in San Francisco's Forbidden City is holding auditions for showgirls. In the dark, scandalous glamour of the club, three girls from very different backgrounds stumble into each other lives. All the girls have secrets. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family which has deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. Then, in a heartbeat, everything changes. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and paranoia, suspicion, and a shocking act of betrayal, threaten to destroy their lives.

A San Francisco, à la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, trois jeunes Américaines d''origine chinoise se rencontrent en auditionnant pour un cabaret chic de la ville. De caractères et de familles

A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple.Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gatethe first automobile any of them have seenand a stranger arrives.In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haleys happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their familys destiny for generations.A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.

Sud-ouest de la Chine, années 1990. Sur le mont Nannuo, la culture du thé rythme depuis toujours la vie des Akha, un peuple aux méthodes de récolte archaïques et aux principes religieux très stricts.

See, LisaDans la Chine impériale du XIXe siècle, Fleur de Lis et Fleur de Neige naissent au même instant. Cette coïncidence et sa grande beauté permettent à Fleur de Lis, malgré son extraction modest

Despues de cautivar a cientos de miles de lectores con El abanico de seda -la fascinante historia del nushu, el lenguaje secreto de las mujeres-, Lisa See abre una ventana a un mundo asombroso, donde la riqueza de la vida cotidiana se mezcla con el lado mas mistico de la cultura china. En la China del siglo XVII, los manchues se han alzado con el poder tras derrocar a la dinastia Ming. Ajena al cataclismo politico, la joven Peonia vive con su prospera familia en una hermosa casa junto al Lago del Oeste de Hangzhou. Educada de forma exquisita para convertirse en una esposa docil y culta, Peonia espera emocionada la celebracion de su decimosexto cumpleaños. Numerosos invitados asistiran a la representacion de la famosa opera El pabellon de las peonias en el jardin de su casa y ella conocera finalmente al joven que sus padres han elegido para desposarla. Sin embargo, la noche de la funcion, Peonia vislumbra entre los asistentes a un hombre apuesto y elegante, que despertara en ella una oleada de nuevas e irresistibles emociones.

Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, See''s novel beautifully explores the many manifestations of love and addresses the age-old desire

Peony is the cherished only child of the first wife of a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Yet she is betrothed to a man she has never met and as her sixteenth birthday approaches, she has spoken to no man other than her father and never ventured outside the cloistered women''s quarters of the Chen Family Villa. She is trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage and the romantic lyrics from the Chinese classic novel The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own. Her father engages a small theatrical troupe to perform scenes from the epic opera of The Peony Pavilion - a live spectacle that few women have ever seen - in their garden amidst the scent of ginger, green tea and jasmine. Peony''s mother is against the production: "Unmarried girls should not be seen in public." But Peony''s father prevails. Women will watch the opera from behind a screen to hide them from view and through a crack, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave and is immediately bewitched by him.So begins Peony''s journey of love, desire and sorrow as Lisa See''s haunting new novel takes readers back to seventeenth-century China and into the heart and soul of an unforgettable heroine.

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su unica via de escape. El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajo a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonetica, para estudiarla en profundidad. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibio esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve.

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres, que vivían aisladas en sus casas, crearon hace mil años un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nushu. Una humilde joven, Lirio Blanco, es hermanada con Florde Nieve, de una familia influyente.