| International Standard Book Number |
9781420536232 (large print ; hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1420536230 (large print ; hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Penny, Louise, author.
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| Title Statement |
The last Mandarin / Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung.
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| Edition Statement |
Large print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
633 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and former food blogger, has long lived in the shadow of her mother, Vivien Li, a Tiananmen Square dissident turned world-renowned human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free and democratic China. When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, Vivien and Alice are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can interpret the Chinese intentions. But why involve Alice? If China isn't behind the attack, Vivien warns, someone even more dangerous is pulling the strings. Mother and daughter must join together to overcome their estrangement if they have any hope of preventing global catastrophe. From DC to Ohio to Hong Kong, they work to prevent the next attack, along the way decoding an ancient legend and uncovering a secret language invented by women, for women. The Last Mandarin is an electrifying study of absolute power and voracious greed, political terror and personal conviction. But it is also an intimate examination of choice, of sacrifice, of memory and myths, both cultural and personal. It is the story of a mother and daughter, as well as a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down. In a world ruled by power, even family can be a weapon.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World politics Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers and daughters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chinese Americans Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
China Politics and government Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Political fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Suspense fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Fung, Mellissa, 1972- author.
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