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Shanghai girls / Lisa See.
By: See, Lisa
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Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2009Description: 314 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780747597384 (pbk.); 0747597383 (pbk.).Subject(s): Sisters -- Fiction | Chinese -- United States -- Fiction | Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Chinese | Family secrets | Immigrants | Sisters | United StatesGenre/Form: Fiction.Summary: At its heart, Shanghai Girls is a story of sisters: Pearl and May are inseparable best friends who share hopes, dreams, and a deep connection, but like sisters everywhere they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. They love each other, but each knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt the other the most. Along the way they face terrible sacrifices, make impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are{u2013}Shanghai girls.
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At its heart, Shanghai Girls is a story of sisters: Pearl and May are inseparable best friends who share hopes, dreams, and a deep connection, but like sisters everywhere they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. They love each other, but each knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt the other the most. Along the way they face terrible sacrifices, make impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are{u2013}Shanghai girls.
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