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Amy Tan
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The Kitchen God's Wife |
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English |
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Paperback |
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432 |
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2004-07-05 |
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0007179979 |
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Harper Perennial |
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0.66 pounds |
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1.06 x 5.08 x 7.8 inches |
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New Ed |
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Paperback. Pub Date :2004-07-05 Pages: 432 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK From the brilliant author of 'The Valley of Amazement'. a family is tested by time and truth in this remarkable novel.Pearl Louie Brandt has a terrible secret which she tries desperately to keep from her mother. Winne Louie.And Winnie has long kept her own secrets - about her past and the confusing circumstances of Pearl's birth.Fate intervenes in the form of Helen Kwong. Winnie's so-called sister- in-law. who believes she is dying and must unburden herself of all falsehoods before she flies off to heaven.But. unfortunately. the truth comes in many guises. depending on who is telling the tale ... Thus begins a story that takes us back to Shanghai in the 1920s. through World War II. and the harrowing events that led to Winnie's arrival in America in 1949.The story is one of innocence and ...
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