Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Shanghai Girls tells the story of Pearl and May, two sisters who live a quite comfortable life in Shanghai in 1937. Both are beautiful girls and pose for paintings to be used in ads. Their father gambles away their fortune and arranges for Pearl and May to be married to repay his debt. Before the girls can leave to join their husbands in America, China is invaded by Japan and the girls must flee their beloved Shanghai. The two go through many difficult times together. This is a wonderful story of the love and loyalty between the two sisters. I found myself many times thinking of my own sisters and how we would go to the ends of the earth for each other as these two sisters do. I learned a bit about how the Chinese immigrants were treated in this country. That is something I knew very little about. Lisa See does an excellent job researching information to include in her stories. I learn something new every time I read one of her books. I give this book 4 stars.
This was a book I purchased myself.
I also enjoyed this book. See does a great job of including historical information in her novels.
ReplyDeleteI liked this book and was happy to hear that there will be a sequel!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to hear about a sequel. I wanted to know more at the end of the book and was wondering if there was a sequel in the works. Thanks Mary! That's good to know!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this book as well and the way it was left in the end definitely begs for a sequel so thank goodness there's going to be one.
ReplyDeleteI happy to hear that you enjoyed this book! I loved it as well, Lisa See never disappoints :)
ReplyDeleteI picked up this book recently, and am glad to see you all enjoyed it. And a sequel. . .I like knowing that now. :-) I'm ready to start a new book, so maybe this will be the one.
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