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The valley of amazement  Cover Image Book Book

The valley of amazement / Amy Tan.

Tan, Amy, (author.).

Summary:

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062107312 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 9781443410229 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780062107329 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781443441308 (trade paperback) :
  • ISBN: 9781443444743 (mass market paperback) :
  • Physical Description: xiv, 589 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. ; [2013], 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Novel.
CatMonthString:december.13
Subject: Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Art > Fiction.
Americans > China > Fiction.
Courtesans > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Courtesans > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Americans > China > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Kidnapping > Fiction.
Art > Fiction.
Kidnapping > Fiction.
Shanghai (China) > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Topic Heading: BWLCR

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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