num_pages: 354
description: In her most powerful novel yet acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls and Pearls 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 fatherthe 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 Joys 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 Joys and Pearls separate journeys converge one of the most tragic episodes in Chinas history threatens their very lives.
language: English
title: Dreams of Joy
publisher: Random House