Author: Joseph Patrick McEvoy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Story about a Brooklyn-born showgirl who conquers Broadway and Hollywood.
Simon and Schuster Present Show Girl
Author: Joseph Patrick McEvoy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Story about a Brooklyn-born showgirl who conquers Broadway and Hollywood.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Story about a Brooklyn-born showgirl who conquers Broadway and Hollywood.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116631X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile any of them have seen—and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116631X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile any of them have seen—and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.
Los Angeles
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Federal Writers Project of the Work Progress Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Federal Writers Project of the Work Progress Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2754
Book Description
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2754
Book Description
Hidden Girl
Author: Shyima Hall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442481684
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Memoirs from a young woman who was sold into slavery at the age of eight by her parents in Egypt to repay a debt.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442481684
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Memoirs from a young woman who was sold into slavery at the age of eight by her parents in Egypt to repay a debt.
The Girls of Atomic City
Author: Denise Kiernan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617534
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617534
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Girl Online: Going Solo
Author: Zoe Sugg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116211X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Originally published: London: Penguin Books, 2016.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116211X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Originally published: London: Penguin Books, 2016.
Books for All
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
The Corset and Underwear Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corsets
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corsets
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description