by Anchee Min
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.
Cool, won a copy via Librarything.
Only three stars, and I will try and explain why. First of all the title tells you the book is about Pearl S. Buck, but much of what you learn about her is summarized in short sentences. So much is missing. Pearl is described throough the eyes of her friend Willow Yee. The book is in fact more about...
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