The Moon Pearl - Hardcover

Ruthanne Lum McCunn's new novel "The Moon Pearl" is filled with the heart and songs of old China. Wonderfully researched, it is the vivid and courageous tale of three Chinese girls, who struggle against all odds, to forge the beginnings of a powerful silk sisterhood in nineteenth-century China. It is a lovely addition to the growing stories of women who have found the strength to discover new lives.--Gail Tsukiyama, author of "The Language of Threads"

Ruthanne Lum McCunn s new novel "The Moon Pearl" is filled with the heart and songs of old China. Wonderfully researched, it is the vivid and courageous tale of three Chinese girls, who struggle against all odds, to forge the beginnings of a powerful silk sisterhood in nineteenth-century China. It is a lovely addition to the growing stories of women who have found the strength to discover new lives.
Gail Tsukiyama, author of "The Language of Threads""

Ruthanne Lum McCunn is the critically acclaimed author of "Sole Survivor, " which the "Dallas Times" hailed as a book of major interest and importance by an American-Chinese author of remarkable talent, "Wooden Fish Songs, Thousand Pieces of Gold, " and "Chinese American Portraits, " as well as the children s book "Pie-Biter, " which won the American Book Award. Her work has been translated into nine languages, published in sixteen countries, and adapted for the stage and film."