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Description edit
From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the life of Pearl S. Buck. In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pearl S. Buck (1892- 1977): Author, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, an award-winning American writer who spent the majority of her life in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces."<
- Madame Mao (Jiang Qing) (1914-1991): Married to Mao Zedong, ruler of China and Chinese Communist Party leader
- Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908) Empress Dowager Cixi: of the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.
- Hsu Chih-mo: Famous Chinese poet
- Mao Zedong: Chinese Communist Leader
- Willow Yee: Pearl's lifelong friend
- Dick Lin: Husband of willow and faithfull to Mao and the Communist party.
- Carpenter Chan: Add a description of this character.
- Papa: A driven Christian pastor who's entire focus is on bringing his love of God to the dear people of China at the expense of his family.
- Carie
- Absalom
- Carol
- Grace
- Chu
- Wang Ah-ma
- Tagore
- Nixon
- Mr. Kung
- Karl Marx
- John
Setting & Locations edit
China
- China
- America
- Nanking
- Shanghai
- Yenan
- Beijing
- Japan
- Yangtze River
- Pearl Buck
- Forbidden City
- Peking
- Chinkiang
- United States
First Sentence edit
Before I was Willow, I was Weed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anchee Min (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1596916974
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1596916974
Page Count: 288
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- Library of Congress: Fiction
- Dewey: Fiction
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