Book Cover The Language of Threads

The Language of Threads

of Gail Tsukiyama

Series: Women of the Silk #2

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Readers of Women of the Silk never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the silk house as a girl, grown into a quiet but determined young woman whose life is subject to cruel twists of fate, including the loss of her closest friend, Lin. Now we finally learn what happened to Pei, as she leaves the silk house for Hong Kong in the 1930s, arriving with a young orphan, Ji Shen, in her care. Her first job, in the home of a wealthy family, ends in disgrace, but soon Pei and Ji Shen find a new life in the home of Mrs. Finch, a British ex-patriate who welcomes them as the daughters she never had. Their idyllic life is interrupted, however, by war, and the Japanese occupation. Pei is once again forced to make her own way, struggling to survive and to keep her extended family alive as well. In this story of hardship and survival, Tsukiyama paints a portrait of women fighting the forces of war and time to make a life for themselves.

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Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction China Asia Asian Literature Historical Novels Japan Adult Fiction War

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 288 pages
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
  • Publication Date September 21st 2000
  • First Publication 09/08/99
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780312267568
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Other
  • Scenario []

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