China Dolls

China Dolls
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408853264

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It's 1938 and the exclusive Oriental nightclub in San Francisco's Forbidden City is holding auditions for showgirls. In the dark, scandalous glamour of the club, three girls from very different backgrounds stumble into each other lives. All the girls have secrets. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family which has deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. Then, in a heartbeat, everything changes. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and paranoia, suspicion, and a shocking act of betrayal, threaten to destroy their lives.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408821621

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Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.

Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll

Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll
Author: Harve Zemach
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1988-10
Genre: Folk-songs
ISBN: 9780374452865

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Young Eliza Lou considers some unusual sleeping arrangements after suggesting that her mother buy her a china doll by trading her father's featherbed.

China Dolls

China Dolls
Author: Michelle Yu
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429983248

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Sports reporter Michelle Yu and lawyer Blossom Kan introduce a vibrant, irresistible novel set in New York City. Based on personal experience, China Dolls is the story of three best friends from childhood—each an unforgettable Asian woman—tackling their late twenties over drinks, laughs, and dim sum: M. J. Wyn, the hip, tomboyish sportswriter trying to achieve her dreams of becoming an on-air broadcaster. Ambitious and driven, M.J. has always struggled to fit into different worlds: her high school boyfriend's blue-blooded country club sphere, her family's traditional Chinese culture, and the very white, very male world of sports. Alex Kwan, the confident, tough, no-nonsense attorney constantly fighting the stereotype of the submissive, docile Asian woman. After a heartbreaking romance, Alex has gone from a fearless daredevil to a woman terrified of taking risks—in her career, in her life, and with love. Lin Cho, the risk-taking, daring stockbroker who has spent her whole life trying not to make the mistakes her mother did. But then Lin falls head over heels with the office playboy, a guy she knows she should steer clear of but can't seem to stay away from. Exploring life at the intersection of two worlds—one of Asian grandmothers and red envelopes, and another of career challenges and dating disasters—China Dolls is an exhilarating debut from two sensational new talents.

The China Doll

The China Doll
Author: Dawn M. Rosner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2007
Genre: Autism
ISBN: 9781934340998

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A new doll helps Emily learn that differences may hide wonderful surprises. Designed to teach children about their peers with autism; includes parents'/educators' section.

The China Doll

The China Doll
Author: Elza Pilgrim
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2005
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN: 1402722230

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A china doll sets out on a perilous adventure in search of the perfect birthday present for her owner.

China Doll

China Doll
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1559365021

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A major new work from the revered playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross.

Momma, Buy Me a China Doll

Momma, Buy Me a China Doll
Author: John M. Feierabend
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-09
Genre: Children's songs, English
ISBN: 9781622772261

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"This delightful song tells the story of Liza Lou, who dreams of woning a china doll after seeing one in a peddler's cart. Owning a china doll, however, would be a luxury far out of reach for a poor mountain girl from the Ozarks...includes a description of the history of the song, the notation of the song, and a link to download the song in audio form at no cost"--Back cover.

Blond China Doll

Blond China Doll
Author: Hannelore Heinemann Headley
Publisher: St. Catharines, Ont. : Triple H Pub.
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004
Genre: Jewish refugees
ISBN: 9780973580303

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Shanghai Girls

Shanghai Girls
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2010-03-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408811804

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Shanghai, 1937. Pearl and May are two sisters from a bourgeois family. Though their personalities are very different - Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true Sheep, adorable and placid - they are inseparable best friends. Both are beautiful, modern and living a carefree life ... until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away the family's wealth, and that in order to repay his debts he must sell the girls as wives to two 'Gold Mountain' men: Americans. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, the two sisters set out on the journey of a lifetime, one that will take them through the villages of southern China, in and out of the clutches of brutal soldiers, and even across the ocean, through the humiliation of an anti-Chinese detention centre to a new, married life in Los Angeles's Chinatown. Here they begin a fresh chapter, despite the racial discrimination and anti-Communist paranoia, because now they have something to strive for: a young, American-born daughter, Joy. Along the way there are terrible sacrifices, impossible choices and one devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel by Lisa See hold fast to who they are - Shanghai girls.