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Les filles de Shanghai Séries

Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans le monde vibrant et tumultueux de Shanghai des années 1930, suivant deux sœurs dont la vie est irrévocablement changée. Chassées du privilège vers l'adversité, elles s'embarquent pour des voyages périlleux à travers les continents et les océans, confrontées à des mariages arrangés et aux défis d'une nouvelle terre. Leur histoire est une exploration poignante de la résilience, de la recherche de l'amour et du pouvoir durable de l'espoir au milieu de la discrimination et de l'attrait éblouissant d'Hollywood.

Dreams of Joy
Filles de Shanghai

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  1. Filles de Shanghai

    • 432pages
    • 16 heures de lecture

    For readers of the phenomenal bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love —a stunning new novel from Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents arrange for their daughters to marry “Gold Mountain men” who have come from Los Angeles to find brides. But when the sisters leave China and arrive at Angel’s Island (the Ellis Island of the West)—where they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months—they feel the harsh reality of leaving home. And when May discovers she’s pregnant the situation becomes even more desperate. The sisters make a pact that no one can ever know. A novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old, Shanghai Girls is a fresh, fascinating adventure from beloved and bestselling author Lisa See.

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  2. Dreams of Joy

    • 354pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Angry and confused after discovering Sam and Pearl are not her real parents, Joy leaves her Los Angeles home for the only place she can still believe in: Mao's China, where she is determined to find her real father and to be a part of the bold new plans sweeping the nation. A gripping portrait of Mao's China during the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine through the story of a mother's search for her daughter A stand-alone novel that also carries on where Shanghai Girls left off. Lisa See is the author of six previous novels, including the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (which was nominated for an Edgar Award), The Interior, and Dragon Bones. She is also the author of the widely acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. She lives in Los Angeles.

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