| International Standard Book Number |
9781982117078 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781982117054 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1982117052 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781761826078 (pbk.)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1761826077 (pbk.)
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| Personal Name |
See, Lisa, author.
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| Title Statement |
Daughters of the sun and moon : a novel / Lisa See
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| Edition Statement |
First Scribner hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Scribner, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
363 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (page 357-361).
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal, the big-footed daughter of peasants, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation, Petal's father sells her to buy money for rice seed, and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain: America: where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated, speaks fluent English, and has been endowed with a face of great beauty, yet her failed footbinding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many. Each woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved, Petal desires freedom, and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined. Brought together by hardship and heartbreak, they must use their bravery, endurance, and ability to "eat bitterness" to discover their voices, find freedom, and connect through solace and friendship. Together they are daughters of the sun and moon"--- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Female friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women Social conditions Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women immigrants Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chinese Americans Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism against Asians Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chinese California Los Angeles Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chinese American women 19th century Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women 19th century Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Los Angeles (Calif.) 19th century Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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