China dolls : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0812982827
- ISBN: 9780812982824
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Physical Description:
401 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: Random House trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes reader's guide. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one. The sun : October 1938-July 1940 -- Part two. The moon : August 1940-September 1945 -- Part three. The truth : December 1945-June 1948. |
Summary, etc.: | "In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive 'Oriental' nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?"-- |
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Subject: | Female friendship Fiction Chinese American women Fiction Japanese American women Fiction Betrayal Fiction World War, 1939-1945 California Fiction Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | READING GUIDE SEE (Text) | 32518132618029 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/11/2024 |
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