In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future; Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately wishes she was Chinese too. Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Nobel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck. When the country erupts in civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, Pearl and Willow are brutally reminded of their differences. Pearl's family is forced to flee the country and Willow is punished for her loyalty to her 'cultural imperialist' friend. And yet, in the face of everything that threatens to tear them apart, the paths of these two women remain intimately entwined.
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Review:
'A powerful paean to love and friendship' * Daily Mail * 'Full of sudden folkloric reversals, hair's breadth escapes and magical last-minute reprieves ... Min's book goes further transforming the real Buck into a Chinese heroine, brave, beautiful, faithful and true.' * Hilary Spurling, Sunday Times * 'Superbly touching and full of brilliant details' * Reader's Digest *
Book Description:
From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the poignant story of a friendship of a lifetime
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- PublisherBloomsbury Paperbacks
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1408810506
- ISBN 13 9781408810507
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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