China Dolls : a novel
See, Lisa
China Dolls : a novel / Lisa See - First edition - New York : Random House , 2014 - 383 p. ; 25 cm
In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive "Oriental" nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?
9780812992892
2013050796
Female friendship----Fiction
Chinese American women----Fiction
Japanese American women----Fiction
Betrayal----Fiction
World War, 1939-1945----Fiction
Chinatown (San Francisco, CA.)----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3569.E3334 / C47 2014
FIC SEE
China Dolls : a novel / Lisa See - First edition - New York : Random House , 2014 - 383 p. ; 25 cm
In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive "Oriental" nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?
9780812992892
2013050796
Female friendship----Fiction
Chinese American women----Fiction
Japanese American women----Fiction
Betrayal----Fiction
World War, 1939-1945----Fiction
Chinatown (San Francisco, CA.)----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3569.E3334 / C47 2014
FIC SEE
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