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Shanghaichya Muli

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SHANGHAI, 1937. PEARL AND MAY ARE TWO SISTERS FROM A BOURGEOIS FAMILY. THOUGH THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT - PEARL IS A DRAGON SIGN, STRONG AND STUBBORN, WHILE MAY IS A TRUE SHEEP, ADORABLE AND PLACID - THEY ARE INSEPARABLE BEST FRIENDS. BOTH ARE BEAUTIFUL, MODERN AND LIVING A CAREFREE LIFE UNTIL THE DAY THEIR FATHER TELLS THEM THAT HE HAS GAMBLED AWAY THE FAMILY S WEALTH, AND THAT IN ORDER TO REPAY HIS DEBTS HE MUST SELL THE GIRLS AS WIVES TO TWO GOLD MOUNTAIN MEN: AMERICANS. AS JAPANESE BOMBS FALL ON THEIR BELOVED CITY, THE TWO SISTERS SET OUT ON THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME, ONE THAT WILL TAKE THEM THROUGH THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN CHINA, IN AND OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF BRUTAL SOLDIERS, AND EVEN ACROSS THE OCEAN, THROUGH THE HUMILIATION OF AN ANTI-CHINESE DETENTION CENTRE TO A NEW, MARRIED LIFE IN LOS ANGELES CHINATOWN. HERE THEY BEGIN A FRESH CHAPTER, DESPITE THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-COMMUNIST PARANOIA, BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR: A YOUNG, AMERICAN-BORN DAUGHTER, JOY. ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE TERRIBLE SACRIFICES, IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES AND ONE DEVASTATING, LIFE-CHANGING SECRET, BUT THROUGH IT ALL THE TWO HEROINES OF THIS ASTOUNDING NEW NOVEL BY LISA SEE HOLD FAST TO WHO THEY ARE - SHANGHAI GIRLS. शांघाय शहरातील पर्ल व मे या दोघी तरुण बहिणी... जुगारात हरल्यानंतर त्यांचे वडील या दोघींनाही लॉस एंजलिसला स्थायिक झालेल्या लुई नावाच्या मूळ चिनी माणसाच्या दोन मुलांच्या वधू म्हणून विकतात...त्या दोघींचा चीन ते अमेरिका असा खडतर प्रवास, लुईच्या कुटुंबात गेल्यानंतरचं त्यांचं आयुष्य आणि कालांतराने परिस्थितीवश या दोघींमध्ये उभी राहिलेली भिंत...स्थलांतराच्या अनेक पैलूंचं दर्शन घडवणारं, मनाला चटका लावणारं भावनाट्य

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  • Language:
  • Marathi
  • ISBN:
  • 9789353175344
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 406
  • Published:
  • January 1, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 216x140x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 422 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

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SHANGHAI, 1937. PEARL AND MAY ARE TWO SISTERS FROM A BOURGEOIS FAMILY. THOUGH THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT - PEARL IS A DRAGON SIGN, STRONG AND STUBBORN, WHILE MAY IS A TRUE SHEEP, ADORABLE AND PLACID - THEY ARE INSEPARABLE BEST FRIENDS. BOTH ARE BEAUTIFUL, MODERN AND LIVING A CAREFREE LIFE UNTIL THE DAY THEIR FATHER TELLS THEM THAT HE HAS GAMBLED AWAY THE FAMILY S WEALTH, AND THAT IN ORDER TO REPAY HIS DEBTS HE MUST SELL THE GIRLS AS WIVES TO TWO GOLD MOUNTAIN MEN: AMERICANS. AS JAPANESE BOMBS FALL ON THEIR BELOVED CITY, THE TWO SISTERS SET OUT ON THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME, ONE THAT WILL TAKE THEM THROUGH THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN CHINA, IN AND OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF BRUTAL SOLDIERS, AND EVEN ACROSS THE OCEAN, THROUGH THE HUMILIATION OF AN ANTI-CHINESE DETENTION CENTRE TO A NEW, MARRIED LIFE IN LOS ANGELES CHINATOWN. HERE THEY BEGIN A FRESH CHAPTER, DESPITE THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-COMMUNIST PARANOIA, BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR: A YOUNG, AMERICAN-BORN DAUGHTER, JOY. ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE TERRIBLE SACRIFICES, IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES AND ONE DEVASTATING, LIFE-CHANGING SECRET, BUT THROUGH IT ALL THE TWO HEROINES OF THIS ASTOUNDING NEW NOVEL BY LISA SEE HOLD FAST TO WHO THEY ARE - SHANGHAI GIRLS. शांघाय शहरातील पर्ल व मे या दोघी तरुण बहिणी... जुगारात हरल्यानंतर त्यांचे वडील या दोघींनाही लॉस एंजलिसला स्थायिक झालेल्या लुई नावाच्या मूळ चिनी माणसाच्या दोन मुलांच्या वधू म्हणून विकतात...त्या दोघींचा चीन ते अमेरिका असा खडतर प्रवास, लुईच्या कुटुंबात गेल्यानंतरचं त्यांचं आयुष्य आणि कालांतराने परिस्थितीवश या दोघींमध्ये उभी राहिलेली भिंत...स्थलांतराच्या अनेक पैलूंचं दर्शन घडवणारं, मनाला चटका लावणारं भावनाट्य

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