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Sweet Mandarin; The Courageous True Story of Three Generations of Chinese Women and Their Journey From East to West
by Helen Tse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312379366
- ISBN 13
- 9780312379360
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008 Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, New York. 2008. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; sunfading to top of boards. DJ: Near Fine; crease in front flap; damp stain to inner DJ at very bottom of rear cover. 279 pp 8ov. A banquet of family stories that take the reader from a small Chinese village to cosmopolitan Hong Kong and urban Manchester. Along the way, the ingredients of special dishes and a rich life are added: a homemade stock of hard life, a pound of tragedy, a spoonful of daring, a dash of curses, and dollop after dollop of sheer will. This is a family memoir of survival and victories, luck, and determination. A clean and very presentable copy.
Synopsis
Originally published: London : Ebury Press, 2007.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003845
- Title
- Sweet Mandarin; The Courageous True Story of Three Generations of Chinese Women and Their Journey From East to West
- Author
- Helen Tse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312379366
- ISBN 13
- 9780312379360
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- immigration, immigrants, Chinese immigrants, chinese food, food and cooking, Sweet Mandarin Restaurant, female inheritance, recipes, food
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.