The Concubine's Child
Publisher : Head of Zeus Ltd
Release Date : 2018-04-01
ISBN : 178669980X
Pages : 320 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (786 users)
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An evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine. For fans of Dinah Jefferies and Amy Tan. In 1930s Malaya a sixteen-year-old girl, dreaming of marriage to her sweetheart, is sold as a concubine to a rich old man desperate for an heir. Trapped, and bullied by his spiteful wife, Yu Lan plans to escape with her baby son, despite knowing that they will pursue her to the ends of the earth. Four generations later, her great-grandson, Nick, will return to Malaysia, looking for the truth behind the facade of a house cursed by the unhappy past. Nothing can prepare him for what he will find. This exquisitely rich novel brings to life a vanished world – a world of abandoned ghost houses, inquisitive monkeys, smoky temples and a panoply of gods and demons. A world where a poor girl can be sold to fulfil a rich man's dream. But though he can buy her body, he can never capture her soul, nor quench her spirit. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'Compelling, atmospheric and emotional' 'Well-written, compelling ... A tale of duty, treachery, misery and superstition' 'Wonderfully drawn characters, searing emotion, powerful intensity and nail-biting drama'.
The Concubine's Children
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 1996
ISBN : 9780140255140
Pages : 292 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (255 users)
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"Carefully balancing cool observation and compassion, Chong writes extraordinary history and gives voice to the Chinese immigrant experience."--ALA Booklist.
The Concubine's Children
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Release Date : 1996
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Pages : 266 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (11 users)
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Legal Status in Hong Kong of a Concubine's Child
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Release Date : 1974
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Pages : 4 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (2 users)
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The Concubine's Children [sound Recording] : Portrait of a Family Divided
Publisher : Burnaby, B.C. : Library Services Branch
Release Date : 1995
ISBN : 9780140254273
Pages : 292 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (254 users)
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Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
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Release Date : 1868
ISBN :
Pages : 952 pages
Rating Book: 4.R/5 ( users)
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Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
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Release Date : 1874
ISBN :
Pages : pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (3 users)
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The Modern Classics:concubine's Children
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Release Date : 2014-08-19
ISBN : 9780143192091
Pages : 288 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (192 users)
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The Concubine's Children is the story of a family cleaved in two for the sake of a father's dream. In 1913, Chan Sam left an "at home" wife in China to earn a living in "Gold Mountain." Eleven years later, May-ying, the wilful, seventeen-year-old concubine he bought, sight unseen, travels to join him where she labors in tea houses of west coast Chinatowns to support the family in Canada, and the one in China. It was the concubine's third daughter, the author's mother, who unlocked the past for her daughter whose curiosity about some old photographs ultimately reunited a family divided for most of the last century. Heartfelt and beautifully written, The Concubine's Children is an inspiring story of the sacrifice that tore a family apart and the love that bound them back together.
The Concubine's Children
Publisher :
Release Date : 2006
ISBN : 9780143056195
Pages : 301 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (56 users)
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"Finalist for the 1994 Governor General's Award" "The Concubine's Children" is the story of a family cleaved in two for the sake of a father's dream. There's Chan Sam, who left an "at home" wife in China to earn a living in "Gold Mountain"--North America. There's May-ying, the wilful, seventeen-year-old concubine he bought, sight unseen, who labored in tea houses of west coast Chinatowns to support the family he would have in Canada, and the one he had in China. It was the concubine's third daughter, the author's mother, who unlocked the past for her daughter, whose curiosity about some old photographs ultimately reunited a family divided for most of the last century.
Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada
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Release Date : 1873
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Pages : 880 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (355 users)
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"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
The Changes of the Vietnamese Family in the Red River Delta
Publisher : Sociologiska Institutionen G'Oteborgs Universitet
Release Date : 1997
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Pages : 386 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (39 users)
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Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible
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Release Date : 1870
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Pages : 1159 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (312 users)
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Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible: Or, The Whole of the Old and New Testaments Arranged According to Subjects in Twenty-seven Books
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Release Date : 1885
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Pages : 1159 pages
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U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
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Release Date : 1994
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Pages : pages
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The Children of China
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Release Date : 1884
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Pages : 212 pages
Rating Book: 4.B/5 (4 users)
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Proceedings - American Academy for Jewish Research
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Release Date : 1935
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Pages : pages
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Includes list of members.