See, Lisa.
Shanghai girls a novel [text (large print)] : Lisa See. - New York : Random House Large Print, c2009. - ix, 513 p. ; 24 cm.
In the mid 1930's two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain men" when their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the get their they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know.
9780739328255 0739328255
Sisters--Fiction.
Chinese--United States--Fiction.
Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Large type books.
Domestic fiction.
Shanghai girls a novel [text (large print)] : Lisa See. - New York : Random House Large Print, c2009. - ix, 513 p. ; 24 cm.
In the mid 1930's two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain men" when their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the get their they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know.
9780739328255 0739328255
Sisters--Fiction.
Chinese--United States--Fiction.
Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Large type books.
Domestic fiction.