Dreams of Joy.
by SEE, LISA
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1408822296
- ISBN 13
- 9781408822296
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About This Item
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." (Publisher's description). .
Synopsis
Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls , Peony in Love , Snow Flower and the Secret Fan , Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior , and Dragon Bones , as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain . The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles. From the Hardcover edition.
Reviews
I only wish I'd started at the beginning of this series. The novel stands on its own, however, and is a wonderful tale of family love and motherly courage. It doesn't hurt that it's played out against the background of Mao's Great Leap Forward.Ms. See has clearly studied her history of this period, and it rings true. Her writing is so vivid that you feel you are in the small village as the people clang pots and pans day and night in an effort to keep all the sparrows in flight.She portrays the mother's dismay at the new Shanghai, and her poignant memories of a time when the city was vibrant and fun, in a very believable way. The mother remembers a time of youth and parties, love and excitement which makes the Shanghai she returns to all even bleaker.Read it, you won't be disappointed!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135635
- Title
- Dreams of Joy.
- Author
- SEE, LISA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1408822296
- ISBN 13
- 9781408822296
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 2011.
- Keywords
- China, Communism, East Asia, Fiction, Novel, zz_Gallery_NewBooks
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