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8 produkter
Wooden Fish Songs
A Novel
Häftad, 2007
566 kr
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“Wooden fish songs” were the laments sung by Chinese women left behind by husbands, sons, and brothers who, in the nineteenth century, sailed to America in quest of the good life – and found instead years of indentured servitude and racial discrimination. This novel focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a …
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Inbunden, 2025
276 kr
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The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West A limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette “Fast-paced and entertaining-packed with adventure, drama, and …
Moon Pearl
E-bok, 2016
199 kr
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In the tradition of Thousand Pieces of Gold comes The Moon Pearl, the story of Rooster, Shadow, and Mei Ju, who become fast friends while members of a girls’ house, where young daughters are taught to become daughters-in-law. These girls, however, want neither to marry nor become nuns (the only …
Thousand Pieces of Gold
E-bok, 2015
183 kr
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Lalu Nathoy''s father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a …
Sole Survivor
A Novel
Ljudbok, 2005
270 kr
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On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond. It sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim who, with no knowledge of the sea, managed to stay alive for 133 days on a small wooden raft. Based on three years of interviews, …
