Shanghai Girls

Best seller of the New York Times "Talented writer ... exploring the sister's bonds and often evoking the immigrant experience of America like a nightmare often" - USA Today

In 1937, Shanghai had Paris of Asia, great wealth and charm, and millionaires, magicians, gangsters and gambler, patriots and revolutionaries, artists and warlords lived in Shanghai. 21-year-old Paulin and her older sister are living their lives because of the economic safety and material enjoyment brought about by the fast-growing rickshaw business of my father. The two sisters swayed authority and tradition, but there is no further difference. Pearl is a symbol of strong, strong and stubborn dragon, plum is a cute and peaceful real sheep. Both are beautiful, modern, and a carefree atmosphere. . . Until one day their father told them they bet their wealth, and to repay his debt, he will not sell girls to California looking for Chinese brides Was not it.

As Japanese bomb attacked their beloved city, Pearl and Plum began their journey of their lives. Then they led them through China 's countryside, entering and going to cruel soldiers, went to the American coast beyond the Pacific Ocean. . In Los Angeles, they tried to find love with strangers who got married, opposed the temptation of Hollywood, and opposed discrimination trying to accept the lives of Americans, the communism witches courage Old methods and rules through Chinatown I noticed that I was in trouble

Basically speaking, "Shanghai Girl" is a story about sisters: Pearl and Mei are close friends that can not be separated, they share common hopes, dreams, and deep connection, but sister's everywhere Just a little confrontation and confrontation. They love each other, but they know each other's place to cut the knife and hurt each other. In the process, they faced horrible sacrifices, made an impossible choice, faced a devastating fight, and changed the secrets of life, but through it there was a sense that two of the shocking new novels All heroines insisted Mercilessly pursue themselves: Shanghai girls

Pearl 's response to her fate set Nara' s narrative tone and made "Shanghai girl" more unattractive than its predecessor. "I thought that I was very modern, I thought there were options, I thought that I was different from my mother," she said painfully. "To help my family, I will be sold - like many girls in front of me. I feel confused and ineffective to breath out." The groom is an immigrant brother, " Golden Mountain Man ", they want their new wife to join Los Angeles. But the arrival of Japanese to Shanghai hampered their departure, and when Pearl and Plum were in California, their spoiled coat girl characters torn apart. Pearl tried to recover from the brutal rape of Japanese when they were waiting for their husband on Angel Island without limit, and May gave birth to a daughter, Joey, son-in relationship is a question mark.

Old Shanghai is famous for girls and ladies who sing at night. In the 1920s, an estimated 3 million prostitutes worked in Shanghai. One missionary called Shanghai "apology of God to Sodom and Gomorrah" and another missionary called it "Oriental prostitute". In the 1930's, famous German director Joseph von Sternberg visited Shanghai. In his movie "Blue Angels", Marlene Dietrich's most famous phrase is "There are multiple people who changed my name to Shanghai Lily".