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China Dolls by Lisa See
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction | Reading Level: General Adult
In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive 'Oriental' nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is ...Show more
Lady Tan's Circle Of Women by Lisa See
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
In 15th century China two women are born under the same sign, the Metal Snake. But life will take the friends on very different paths. According to Confucius, 'an educated woman is a worthless woman', but Tan Yunxian - born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separation and loneliness - is bein ...Show more
On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather left China in search of riches on the 'Gold Mountain', the Chinese name for the promised land of America. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws that prohibited unions between the races. Through sheer e ...Show more
Peony in Love by Lisa See
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
"I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret." For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and ...Show more
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of ...Show more
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, "old same," in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she's painted a poem in nu shu, a ...Show more
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. W ...Show more
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A mesmerizing new historical novel" (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean ...Show more
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
2018 Audie Award Finalist The thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple--now available at a great value Li-yan and her family align their lives around the ...Show more
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