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100 1 _aSee, Lisa.
245 1 0 _aShanghai girls
_h[text (large print)] :
_ba novel
_cLisa See.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House Large Print,
_cc2009.
300 _aix, 513 p. ;
_c24 cm.
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aSisters
_vFiction.
650 0 _aChinese
_zUnited States
_vFiction.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zUnited States
_vFiction.
650 0 _aFamily secrets
_vFiction.
650 0 _aLarge type books.
655 0 _aDomestic fiction.
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999 _c17378
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