内容简介
In1937Shanghai—theParisofAsia—twenty-one-year-oldPearlChinandheryoungersister,May,arehavingthetimeoftheirlives.Botharebeautiful,modern,andcarefree—untilthedaytheirfathertellsthemthathehasgambledawaytheirwealth.Torepayhisdebts,hemustsellthegirlsaswivestosuitorswhohavetraveledfromLosAngelestofindChinesebrides.AsJapanesebombsfallontheirbelovedcity,PearlandMaysetoutonthejourneyofalifetime,fromtheChinesecountrysidetotheshoresofAmerica.Thoughinseparablebestfriends,thesistersalsoharborpettyjealousiesandrivalries.Alongthewaytheymaketerriblesacrifices,faceimpossiblechoices,andconfrontadevastating,life-changingsecret,butthroughitallthetwoheroinesofthisastoundingnewnovelholdfasttowhotheyare—Shanghaigirls.
作者简介
LisaSeeistheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofPeonyinLove,SnowFlowerandtheSecretFan,FlowerNet(anEdgarAwardnominee),TheInterior,andDragonBones,aswellasthecriticallyacclaimedmemoirOnGoldMountain.TheOrganizationofChineseAmericanWomennamedherthe2001NationalWomanoftheYear.ShelivesinLosAngeles.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,