913 pages
English language
Published 2013
The valley of amazement
by Amy Tan
4 stars
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Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.
Subjects
- Family secrets
- Kidnapping
- Art
- Courtesans
- Fiction
- Americans
- Mothers and daughters
- Large type books
- Identity (Psychology)
Places
- China
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Shanghai (China)