The valley of amazement
By: Amy Tan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
ISBN-13: 9781443444743
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Fiction; Female friendship; Families; Women; Courtesans; History
Description: Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother and forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Spanning more than forty years and two continents, Amy Tan's newest novel maps the lives of three generations of women-and the mystery of an evocative painting known as "The Valley of Amazement." Moving from the collapse of China's last imperial dynasty to the growth of anti-foreign sentiment and the inner workings of courtesan houses, The Valley of Amazement interweaves the story of Violet, a celebrated Shanghai courtesan on a quest for both love and identity, and her mother, Lucia, an American woman whose search for penance leads them to an unexpected reunion -- Publisher.