Tan, Amy

The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan. - First edition. - xiv, 589 pages ; 24 cm

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.

9780062107312 (hardcover) 9780062230195 (international edition) 9780062305527 (signed edition)

2013474278


Americans--China--Fiction
Art--Fiction
Courtesans--Fiction
Family secrets--Fiction
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction
Kidnapping--Fiction
Mothers and daughters--Fiction


Shanghai (China)--Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction


Historical fiction

PS3570.A48 / V35 2013

813/.54