Pearl of China
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,...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781608193127 (1608193128)
Publish date: March 29th 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Inspirational,
Womens,
China
This book probably isn't the best choice if your interested in learning more about Pearl S. Buck's early life in China. First of all the author's style of writing is a bit annoying the putting of words into the character's mouth's instead of letting them think or speak for themselves was rather tiri...
Blurb - In the southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute local family. Pearl, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, will become Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-win...
For once, I did something that I don't usually do; I went into a bookshop and looked for something that sparked my interest (a lot of people do this, but I tend not to for some reason). I had a look around the shelves in W.H. Smith's and this caught my magpie eye (I'm not a Geordie, by the way) beca...
In 1971, as a middle schooler in Shanghai, Anchee Min was ordered denounce American author Pearl S. Buck as an enemy of China. It wasn't until 1996 that she finally had a chance to read The Good Earth, after it was given to her by a woman attending her book-signing, who told her "Pearl S. Buck taugh...
The imagined story of Willow and Pearl and their lives in China during the 19th century. Great book.
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