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The Language of Threads: A Novel

The Language of Threads: A Novel Hard cover - 1999

by Tsukiyama, Gail

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A fine copy. 1999 Hard Cover. 276 pp. Readers of Women of the Silk never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the silk house as a girl, grown into a quiet but determined young woman whose life is subject to cruel twists of fate, including the loss of her closest friend, Lin. Now we finally learn what happened to Pei, as she leaves the silk house for Hong Kong in the 1930s, arriving with a young orphan, Ji Shen, in her care. Her first job, in the home of a wealthy family, ends in disgrace, but soon Pei and Ji Shen find a new life in the home of Mrs. Finch, a British ex-patriate who welcomes them as the daughters she never had. Their idyllic life is interrupted, however, by war, and the Japanese occupation. Pei is once again forced to make her own way, struggling to survive and to keep her extended family alive as well. In this story of hardship and survival, Tsukiyama paints a portrait of women fighting the forces of war and time to make a life for themselves.
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  • Title The Language of Threads: A Novel
  • Author Tsukiyama, Gail
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2282560
  • ISBN 9780312203764 / 0312203764
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.49 x 6.39 x 0.98 in (24.10 x 16.23 x 2.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - China - Hong Kong
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99022212
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include "Dreaming Water, Women of the Silk, The Samurai's Garden, " and "Night of Many Dreams."

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