by Lisa See
May and Pearl are sisters living comfortably in decadent 1930's Shanghai and working as models. When the Japanese attack, they are forced to migrate to America, where they encounter prejudice and hardships. This novel is one of my stand-out favourite reads of 2011 so far. I wasn't expecting it to ...
This is a women's story.It's about two Chinese sisters Pearl and May. It's about their life growing up in Shanghai. Their fate when their father loses everything. The harrowing details of their immigration to America. Their petty jealousies towards each other, but most of all it's about their love f...
Happy to hear there's a sequel.
I fell in love with Lisa See's writing a few years ago when I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. As such, I was really looking forward to reading Shanghai Girls when it came out. Initially though, people began saying that it did not compare. So it was with trepidation that I began reading this ...
I just couldn't get into it, and had to give up after about 50 pages. I thought the story had potential, but I just didn't enjoy the way it was written and how one thing lined up after the other. It was also very hard to follow a main character who was so naive and ignorant about the world around he...
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