01329cam a2200337 4500 516958022 TxAuBib 20090723120000.0 081120s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008049245 9781400067114 $25.00 1400067111 $25.00 (OCoLC)276228926 DLC DLC TxAuBib See, Lisa. Shanghai girls : a novel / Lisa See. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2009. 314 p. ; 25 cm. May and Pearl ; 1 In the mid 1930's two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain men" when their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the get there they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know. 20090723. Sisters Fiction. Chinese United States Fiction. Immigrants United States Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Random House. May and Pearl ; 1. BTCLS