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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Lisa See - DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON
DESCRIPTION:Lisa See presents her newest novel\, DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON.\n\nThis is a ticketed event. The ticket includes a seat at the event and a hardcover copy of DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON. Get your ticket HERE.\n\nAbout DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON:\n\nIn 1870\, three Chinese women arrive in the small\, dusty\, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove\, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar\, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards\, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal\, the big-footed daughter of peasants\, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation\, Petal’s father sells her to buy money for rice seed\, and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain—America—where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated\, speaks fluent English\, and has been endowed with a face of great beauty\, yet her failed footbinding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many.\n\nEach woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved\, Petal desires freedom\, and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles\, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined. Brought together by hardship and heartbreak\, they must use their bravery\, endurance\, and ability to “eat bitterness” to discover their voices\, find freedom\, and connect through solace and friendship. Together they are daughters of the sun and moon.\n\nAbout Lisa See:\n\nLisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women\, The Island of Sea Women\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, Peony in Love\, Shanghai Girls\, China Dolls\, and Dreams of Joy\, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain\, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.\n\nThank you to Main Street Books for partnering with us on this event!\n\nTo find more books by Lisa See at the Library\, search the Library Catalog!
LOCATION:427 Spencer Rd\, St. Peters\, MO\, 63376\, US\, 427 Spencer Road\, St. Peters\, MO\, 63376
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