E-audiobook
Shanghai girls a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415958995 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1415958998 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 13:30:16. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Janet Song. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 194080 KB; MP3 file size: 380455 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Sisters -- Fiction Chinese -- United States -- Fiction Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction Family secrets -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Other Formats and Editions
Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2009 August/September
Janet Song's elegant and passionate narration is fitting for the story of May and Pearl, two privileged sisters growing up in Shanghai in 1937. As Pearl, the hardworking older sister, tells their tale, Song reads with a jauntiness that embraces the sisters' fun as sophisticated models in a thriving city and Pearl's ease with Chinese dialects. Song also projects the nuances of Pearl's secret resentment of her sister's beauty and her own role as caretaker. Song's tones become grave with the sisters' abrupt fall from grace, which involves bankruptcy, a hasty arranged marriage, Pearl's rape by invading Japanese soldiers, and May's out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Song captures the girls' determination as they adjust to life in Los Angeles, where they face prejudice, poverty, and secrets that threaten their close relationship. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
