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Promise Whittaker, the diminutive but decisive acting director of the Museum of Asian Art, is pregnant again--and that's just the beginning of her problems. Her mentor, the previous director, has suddenly quit, and is on a dig in China's Taklamakan Desert. Her favorite curator has dropped a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- R. Joseph Lattimore: Add a description of this character.
- Leo
- Talbot Perry
- Arthur Franklin
- Lydia
- Felix
- Morty
- Douglas
- Cecil
- Vanessa
- Althea
- Rumi
- Nathan
- Dr. Fan
- Sally
- Rama
- Edgar
- Dalai Lama
- Mahalia
- Zemzemal
- Sam
- Dr. Zhao
- Miss Downey
- Henry
- Becton
- Jack
- Yili
- Dr. Chen
- Gran-gran
- Lucy
- Fatima Hakim
- Mommy
- T.j.
- Aurel Stein
- Madame Xingfei
- Ravi
- Lakshman
- Jules
- Mrs. Wells
- Nancy Drew
- Steve Mcqueen
- Kanraku
- Thomas Jefferson
First Sentence edit
When the dust settled, there was only dust, and the Chinese bowl rested in pieces at the bottom of the museum steps.
Table of Contents edit
I. Part One
1. All Fall Down
2. From Mughal Court to Food Court
3. God's Plan
4. A Heavy Meal
5. Not Your Fault
6. Hold This Together
7. The Shame of a Thousand Mothers
8. Are You Busy?
9. Aiming High
10. Expect Great Joy
11. Foreign Fabled Country
12. More Than a Makeover Could Mask
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Kay Zuravleff (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0374115710
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0374115710
Page Count: 432
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3576.U54B69 2005
- Dewey: 813.54
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