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Pearl of China a novel

In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, young Willow and young Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, bump heads and embark on a friendship that will sustain both of them through one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history.

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  • "In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future; Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately wishes she was Chinese too. Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Novel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck."
  • "In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, young Willow and young Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, bump heads and embark on a friendship that will sustain both of them through one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history."@en
  • "In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, young Willow and young Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, bump heads and embark on a friendship that will sustain both of them through one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history."
  • ""Pearl of China celebrates the life of beloved and acclaimed writer Pearl S. Buck, from her childhood as a blonde outsider in China to her eventual political exile from the country she had come to cherish as her own. Anchee Min tells this incredbile story through the eyes of Pearl's lifelong friend Willow. The story brings new richness to the life of a remarkable woman -- and inspires an unforgettable novel."--Cover."
  • "Arriving in late 19th-century China with her missionary parents, Pearl Buck is soon fascinated by her new home and strikes up a friendship with a young Chinese girl named Willow. The two become inseparable even as civil war, failed relationships, and world conflicts threaten all they hold dear."@en
  • "In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries. She will grow up to become Pearl S. Buck, the Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist, but for now she is just a girl embarrassed by her blonde hair and enchanted by her new Chinese friend."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "Pearls of China"
  • "Goldener Bambus Roman"
  • "Parel van China"
  • "Pearl of China a novel"@en
  • "Pearl of China a novel"
  • "La perla de China"
  • "La perla de China"@es
  • "Perła Chin"
  • "Perle de Chine : roman"
  • "Perła Chin"@pl
  • "Perle de Chine"
  • "Pearl of China"
  • "Pearl of China"@en
  • "Pearl of China [text (large print)]"
  • "Pearl of China : a novel"@en
  • "Pearl of China : a novel"
  • "Biser kine"
  • "Pearl of china : a novel"@en
  • "Pearl of china : a novel"
  • "La Perla De China"
  • "Kuća velikog krova"
  • "Goldener Bambus : Roman"

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