Tan, Amy, <br/><br/>
The valley of amazement  
Amy Tan. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York :  Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,  [2013] 
 - xiv, 589 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Shanghai, 1912. 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062107312 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Americans--China--Fiction.<br/>Art--Fiction.<br/>Courtesans--Fiction.<br/>Family secrets--Fiction.<br/>Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.<br/>Kidnapping--Fiction.<br/>Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Shanghai (China)--Fiction.<br/>San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3570.A48  / V35 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54