Book summaryPearl gradually comes to understand her mother Jiang Weili (Winnie) as a heroic survivor, not a troublesome anachronism, as they begin to reveal secrets about themselves to one another. Winnie tells the story of how she escaped a horrible marriage to a cowardly fighter pilot in the Sino-Japanese war and how he may or may not be Pearl's father. Meanwhile Pearl gathers the strength confide her great secret, that she has multiple sclerosis, to her mother. Media reviews"A fine novel.... exuberant storytelling and rich drama." |
The Kitchen God's Wifeby Tan, AmyAdvanced Reading Copy (ARC)
Book description: New York: Putnam Pub Group, 1991. Softcover in pictorial wrappers. Winnie and Helen are friends and have kept each other's secrets for fifty years, and now that Helen is dying, Helen wants to tell Pearl everything about the events from Shaghai in the 1920's to emigrating to America after the Second World War. Light soiling to top text block, crease to rear flap.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Soft Cover, Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.
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