Tsukiyama, Gail
Summary: At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies. Wong Liu Tsong and her sister, daughters of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. Determined to become an actress, Wong Liu has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. Defying her disapproving father and her Chinese traditional upbringing will hold emotional and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Daniel Abe, a young doctorin Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanhood, working fifteen-hour days and sending her pay to the family who abandoned her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1991
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Summary: A powerful novel about the complex relationships among mothers, daughters, and friends. Set in contemporary California, this is the story of a mother's courage, a daughter's strength, and a friend's love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002
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Summary: After the Japanese invade China, a woman in the silk trade flees her village, taking along an orphaned "silk sister." The two find refuge in Hong Kong, only to lose everything when World War II breaks out and the Japanese come again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1998
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Summary: Shortly before World War II, a Chinese man, sent to Japan to recover from tuberculosis, meets a lovely Japanese girl and four older residents, in a story of passion and sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 1996
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Summary: Raised by loving and traditionally minded grandparents, Japanese youths Hiroshi and Kenji are forced to put their dreams on hold in the wake of World War II and find their destinies intertwining with those of a famous sumo master's daughters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007