Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish ..
Available in: NOOK Book (eBook), Paperback, Hardcover, Audiobook. Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the daughter of the American madam of the city's most ..
Nov 8, 2013.. With these words, Violet, the principal narrator of Amy Tan's latest novel, “The Valley of Amazement,” begins her story. Yet over the course of ..
Spanning fifty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement is a tale of three women, connected by personal rebellion, betrayal, and a mysterious painting called "The Valley of Amazement." As with all of Tan's novels, we are swept into the pivotal moments of Shanghai's history and the emotional turmoil of mothers and daughters, heritage and individuality, race and culture, and the damaging residue of secrets that lead to misunderstanding upon misunderstanding...
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Spanning fifty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement is a tale of three.. As with all of Tan's novels, we are swept into the pivotal moments of ..
Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. When political upheaval separates Violet from her mother, she is forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese, half-American, Violet grapples with her place in the worlds of East and West—until she merges her two identities to become a shrewd courtesan, though privately she still struggles to understand who she is. San Francisco, 1897.