Pearl of China
Author(s): Anchee Min
In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daughter of Christian missionaries-and will grow up to become Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist. This unlikely pair becomes lifelong friends, confiding their beliefs and dreams, experiencing love and motherhood, and eventually facing civil war and exile. Pearl of China brings new color to the remarkable life of Pearl S. Buck, illuminated by the sweep of history and an intimate, unforgettable friendship.
Product Information
The much anticipated follow-up to the hugely successful Empress Orchid Empress Orchid was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice in March 2006 Empress Orchid has sold over 350,000 copies so far in paperback
Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. At seventeen she was sent to a labour collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio recruited her to work as a movie actress. She moved to the United States in 1984. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was an international bestseller with rights sold in twenty countries. Her novels, Becoming Madame Mao, Katherine, Wild Ginger and Empress Orchid were published to wonderful reviews and impressive foreign sales.
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : May 2010
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Anchee Min
- : Paperback
- : Airport and export ed
- : 813.54
- : 288
- : B&W
