Dreams of joy

Lisa See

Original title: Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)

earliest edition we have, 2011 Bloomsbury UK, 2011 354 pages

May and Pear

A continuation of "Shanghai Girls" finds a devastated Joy fleeing to China to search for her real father while her mother, Pearl, desperately pursues her, a dual quest marked by their encounters with the nation's intolerant Communist culture. In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter...

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Dreams of Joy paperback · 2012 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 9781408826119
Dreams of joy edition · 2011 · Bloomsbury UK · 354 pages · 9781408822296
Dreams of joy edition · 2011 · Random House · 354 pages · 9781400067121

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