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| Title | : | Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2) |
| Author | : | Lisa See |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 354 pages |
| Published | : | May 31st 2011 by Random House (first published 2011) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. China. Asia. Literature. Asian Literature. Audiobook |
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Hardcover | Pages: 354 pages Rating: 4.08 | 55926 Users | 4779 Reviews
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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, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.
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| Original Title: | Dreams of Joy |
| ISBN: | 140006712X (ISBN13: 9781400067121) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Shanghai Girls #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2011) |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 55926 Users | 4779 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)
Beautiful, beautiful book...and a bit horrifying as well. I was unaware when I started this book that it was part of a well-known series involving Pearl and Mae, two of the story's main characters. Joy is the 19 year old daughter of Chinese nationals who relocated to California at the start of China's "Cultural Revolution". The book opens with the death of Joy's father and a startling family skeleton revealed. Deeply shaken, Joy leaves the US to pursue her idea of China. Believing, as only aIn Shanghai Girls you read about the Japanese Invasion of China, and follow Pearl and her sister May as they try to escape China after their family unravels. In order to get to America, they must go through some horrific ordeals. "Dreams of Joy" is the continuation of this book. In this book, Pearl and her daughter, Joy are the narrators. Here, you read more about the Chinese "Great Leap Forward." While not as plot-driven and laced with conflict as Shanghai Girls was, this book is a fictional
Writing a review about this excellent book is difficult. I just do not want to give too much away.Joy is the daughter of May, but has been brought up by Pearl. When she finds out that the two sisters have been lying to her about who is her mother and who is her father, she leaves LA to become a Chinese socialist in Mao Zedong's Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and find her birth father.She DOES find her birth father, Z.G. Li and visits the countryside. There she falls in love with a local farmer
I began reading this book for two reasons. 1.) Because it fit the requirements of a challenge Im in. 2.) Because it was there and I had enjoyed Shanghai Girls well enough. That said, I knew that this book revolved about Pearl and Joy and I just didnt love either of them in the first book and because of this, I wasnt in any rush to start this one. Now that I have finished it, I would give this book 10 stars if I could. It starts where Shanghai Girls ends. Joy has run away to Shanghai to find her
On August 23, 1957, nineteen-year-old Joy, is a confused and upset Chinese girl. Everything she thought she knew about her birth has been a lie! The woman she thought was her mother was her aunt. Her aunt is actually her mother, and the man she loved as her father turns out not to have been her father at all and now hes dead. Her biological father is an artist from Shanghai whom both her mother and aunt have loved since before Joy was born. His name is Li Zhi-ge or Z.G. Li Zhi-ge used to paint
Very well written and took many twists that I was not expecting. I learned a lot about Communist China that I found interesting and want to learn more.
I am glad I read this one, to learn the continuing story of sisters May and Pearl, and daughter Joy, but I do not think this book was as good as the previous ones. We meet up with Joy again as she has run away from home to go back to China to help build the new revolution. It is the 1950s, Mao has come to power in 1949, and Joy is burning with excitement over communes, socialism, etc. She soon learns that it is not all as romantic as she had thought, however, as she reunites with her
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