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Author:

Tan, Amy, author.

Title:

The Valley of Amazement / Amy Tan.

Edition:

First Ecco paperback edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 589 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Americans--China--Fiction.
Prostitution--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Shanghai (China)--Fiction.
China--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide.

Summary:

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.

ISBN:

9780062107329 (pbk.) :
0062107321 (pbk.) :

Locations:

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

KEPC896 -- Keosauqua Public Library (Keosauqua)