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Pearl of China: A Novel

Author Anchee Min

Format Paperback

Publisher Bloomsbury USA

Category Fiction (Literary & Historical)

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In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daughter of Christian missionaries�and will grow up to become Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist. This unlikely pair becomes lifelong friends, confiding their beliefs and dreams, experiencing love and motherhood, and eventually facing civil war and exile. Pearl of China brings new color to the remarkable life of Pearl S. Buck, illuminated by the sweep of history and an intimate, unforgettable friendship.

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Anchee Min

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Release Date: 2011-03-29
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781608193127

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