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4 · 608 pages · First published 2013
Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.
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Family secretsKidnappingArtCourtesansFictionAmericansMothers and daughtersLarge type booksIdentity (Psychology)nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-08-03New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedFiction, historical, generalSan francisco (calif.), fictionShanghai (china), fictionChinese americans, fictionFiction, cultural heritageHistory
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- Ecco Press, Ecco, Ecco/Harper-collins, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Perrenial, Fourth Estate Ltd
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- eng