Pearl of China: A Novel
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booklady331
of Cape Coral, Florida USA on 7/30/2015
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You have in your hands a free gift. This book is yours to do with as you wish...read it, share it, keep it, pass it on!
I've registered this at BookCrossing.com so that I can keep up on where it goes, who reads it, and what they thought of it. If you like the BookCrossing concept, you might want to register yourself with a screen name, so that you can keep up on this book, and maybe release others also! It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), fascinating, and fun!
Thank you for picking up this book. I'd love to see an entry letting me know it is safe with you. Do with it as you please... read it (or not!), give it to a friend, keep it, leave it in the wild - it's up to you! Enjoy! If you like you can mention me, booklady331, as the one who referred you.
This book is a fictionalized story of Pearl S. Buck. It does not even claim to be true. Just as Pearl Buck loved China, this author loves Pearl Buck, and brings her to life as a true heroine.
This story is told though the eyes of her childhood companion (fictional), the reader comes to understand how much Pearl loved China. She was the daughter of Christian missionaries. Pearl spoke Chinese fluently loved the people. She went to college in America and came back to China with her American husband. The marriage was not a happy one and the only child she bore was mentally disabled. However, she rose above her difficulties, spent lots of time with her narrator friend, but eventually was forced to leave China as the Communist regime came into power. The story takes us from their childhood through Mao's terrifying reign even though Pearl was not in China at that time. The parts about Madam Mao horrified me. For those who think women would rule in a more gentle, empathetic manner with less war, I want to point out Madam Mao, Catherine the Great, Eva Peron and Imelda Marcos.
Pearl S. Buck was my first introduction to China. I remember curling up and reading The Good Earth when I was in high school.
I did enjoy the book but I couldn't help but wonder which parts were true and which were based on fiction. But, "Pearl of China" honors her memory. I felt like the book lacked something. I almost gave up in the beginning, but felt the book improved about half way through the book. It is unfortunate that the writing is not better. It tends to be choppy and flits around a great deal. It also doesn't have much, if anything, about Pearl after she leaves China about halfway through the book.
This story is told though the eyes of her childhood companion (fictional), the reader comes to understand how much Pearl loved China. She was the daughter of Christian missionaries. Pearl spoke Chinese fluently loved the people. She went to college in America and came back to China with her American husband. The marriage was not a happy one and the only child she bore was mentally disabled. However, she rose above her difficulties, spent lots of time with her narrator friend, but eventually was forced to leave China as the Communist regime came into power. The story takes us from their childhood through Mao's terrifying reign even though Pearl was not in China at that time. The parts about Madam Mao horrified me. For those who think women would rule in a more gentle, empathetic manner with less war, I want to point out Madam Mao, Catherine the Great, Eva Peron and Imelda Marcos.
Pearl S. Buck was my first introduction to China. I remember curling up and reading The Good Earth when I was in high school.
I did enjoy the book but I couldn't help but wonder which parts were true and which were based on fiction. But, "Pearl of China" honors her memory. I felt like the book lacked something. I almost gave up in the beginning, but felt the book improved about half way through the book. It is unfortunate that the writing is not better. It tends to be choppy and flits around a great deal. It also doesn't have much, if anything, about Pearl after she leaves China about halfway through the book.
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