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China Dolls : a novel / Lisa See.

See, Lisa, (author.).

Summary:

"In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive "Oriental" nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780812992892 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: 383 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2014]
Subject: Betrayal > Fiction.
Chinese American women > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Japanese American women > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > California > Fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Dreams of Joy, 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.


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