Dreams of Joy

Resumen del libro

In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.

Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime.

Devastated by Joy's flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy's and Pearl's separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China's history threatens their very lives.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Lisa Seex{0026}lt;/B (París, 1955) se crió en el seno de una familia china asentada en Estados Unidos. Biznieta del patriarca del Barrio Chino de Los Ángeles, narró en x{0026}lt;I On Gold Mountainx{0026}lt;/I la epopeya americana de su bisabuelo Fong See. Con x{0026}lt;I El abanico de seda x{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2005), que se convirtió en un x{0026}lt;I best-sellerx{0026}lt;/I internacional, alcanzó una repercusión quese vio confirmada con sus siguientes novelas: x{0026}lt;I El pabellón de las peoníasx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2008), x{0026}lt;I Dos chicas en Shanghaix{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2010), x{0026}lt;I La isla de las mujeres del mar x{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2020) y, ahora, x{0026}lt;I El círculo de mujeres de la doctora Tanx{0026}lt;/I . Vive en Los Ángeles con su marido y sus dos hijos.x{0026}lt;/P