{"product_id":"9780812985474","title":"Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels","description":"Across two critically acclaimed linked novels, now together in this eBook bundle, Lisa See unfolds a captivating saga of the bonds between women—mothers and daughters, sisters and friends—while illuminating the events of China’s tumultuous history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSHANGHAI GIRLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“As in \u003ci\u003eSnow Flower and the Secret Fan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeony in Love,\u003c\/i\u003e [See] has . . . created ordinary women who, through willfulness and resiliency, accomplish extraordinary things.”—\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1937 Shanghai—the Paris of Asia—twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are beautiful, modern, and carefree . . . until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth. To repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors from Los Angeles. As Pearl and May set out from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America, they face impossible choices and confront a life-changing secret, but through it all the two sisters hold fast to who they are—Shanghai girls.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDREAMS OF JOY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Astonishing . . . a story with characters who enter a reader’s life, take up residence, and illuminate the myriad decisions and stories that make up human history.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Pearl’s nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy, runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—an artist with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Terrified for Joy’s safety, Pearl returns to Shanghai, determined to save her daughter. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Lisa See\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eShanghai Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “As compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e on\u003ci\u003e Shanghai Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “See is a gifted historical novelist. . . . The real love story, the one that’s artfully shown, is between mother and daughter, and aunt and daughter.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eDreams of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “See’s research feels impeccable, and she has created an authentic, visually arresting world.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eDreams of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123900072176,"sku":"9780812985474","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812985474_p0.jpg?v=1763745499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812985474","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}