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Pearl of China Book

At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by humiliating foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman: the resilient ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi also known as Empress Orchid. Moving from the intimacy of the concubine quarters into the spotlight of the world stage Orchid makes a dramatic metamorphosis from a strong-willed young woman to a wise political leader who must not only face the perilous condition of her fading empire but also a series of devastating personal losses. Yearning to step aside yet growing constantly into her role only she can hold the nation's rival factions together. In this sequel to the bestselling novel "Empress Orchid" Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history a very human leader who assumes power reluctantly and who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire.Read More

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  • Foyles

    In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future; Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately wishes she was Chinese too. Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Nobel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck. When the country erupts in civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, Pearl and Willow are brutally reminded of their differences. Pearl's family is forced to flee the country and Willow is punished for her loyalty to her ‘cultural imperialist' friend. And yet, in the face of everything that threatens to tear them apart, the paths of these two women remain intimately entwined.

  • Blackwell

    From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the poignant story of a friendship of a lifetime In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions.

  • 1408809796
  • 9781408809792
  • Anchee Min
  • 12 May 2011
  • Bloomsbury Paperbacks
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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