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Have you read Shanghai Girls?

March 1, 2010 Written by admin

Perhaps I’m a bit late to the party but I just finished reading Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls last week. I admit I wasn’t too sure about it because the cover, while gorgeous, was so pretty I figured it was going to be a “too pretty”. I should have known better. See wonderfully illuminates the plight […]

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great guided reading for your book groups!

June 2, 2009 Written by admin

My book group met this weekend on the roof of a friend’s apartment building for an Italian themed picnic dinner to go along with our Italian themed book. Since the book wasn’t Random House (ahem) I will refrain from naming it, however, this weekend’s meeting did remind me that I’ve been wanting to share with […]

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Lisa See's new novel (Loved it!)

February 23, 2009 Written by rhjen

I just finished reading the ARE of Lisa See’s wonderful new novel Shanghai Girls.  I was a fan of both Snowflower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love, but I thought her new book blew them away.  It is more contemporary, set in 1930s Los Angeles and focuses on the relationship between two sisters […]

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