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Lisa See's novel "Shanghai Girls" is a tale of two sisters, Pearl and May. Set in 1937, the two live a life of financial security and material comfort. Yet, when Japanese bombs fall on Shanghai, the ...

Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are naive girls living in Shanghai in 1937. They care about fashion and fun more than family and tradition, posing for artists who paint portraits for the ...

In 1937 Shanghai, the Chin sisters are living a modern, carefree life – until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth, and that to repay his debts he must sell the girls ...

The long history of discrimination against the Chinese in the United States is not as well known as discrimination against African-Americans, native Americans or Japanese, to name three other American ...