The Hundred Secret Senses
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Set in San Francisco and in a remote village of southern China, this is a tale of American pragmatism shaken, and soothed, by Chinese ghosts. What proof of love do we seek between mother and daughter, among sisters, lovers, and friends? What are its boundaries and failings? Can love go beyond 'Until death do us part?' And if so, which aspects haunt us like regretful ghosts? In 1962, Olivia, nearly six years old, meets Kwan, her adult half sister from China, for the first time. Olivia's neglectful mother, who in pursuing a new marriage can't provide the attention her daughter needs, finds Kwan to be a handy caretaker. In the bedroom the sisters share, Kwan whispers secrets about ghosts and makes Olivia promise never to reveal them. Out of both fright and resentment, Olivia betrays her sister -- with terrible consequences. From then on she listens to Kwan's stories and pretends to believe them. Thirty years pass, and Olivia is about to divorce her husband, Simon, after a lengthy marriage. She is certain he has never given up his love for a former girlfriend, who died years before. Kwan and her ghosts believe otherwise, and they provide Olivia with ceaseless advice and pleas to reconsider. But Olivia has long since dismissed the ghosts of her childhood and the wacky counsel of her sister. Just as Kwan anticipates, fate intervenes and takes her, Olivia, and Simon to China. In the village where Kwan grew up, Olivia confronts the tangible evidence of what she has always presumed to be her sister's fantasy of the past. And there, she finds the proof that love endures, and comes to understand what logic ignores, what you can know only through the hundred secret senses.
Set in San Francisco and in a remote village of southern China, this is a tale of American pragmatism shaken, and soothed, by Chinese ghosts. What proof of love do we seek between mother and daughter, among sisters, lovers, and friends? What are its boundaries and failings? Can love go beyond 'Until death do us part?' And if so, which aspects haunt us like regretful ghosts? In 1962, Olivia, nearly six years old, meets Kwan, her adult half sister from China, for the first time. Olivia's neglectful mother, who in pursuing a new marriage can't provide the attention her daughter needs, finds Kwan to be a handy caretaker. In the bedroom the sisters share, Kwan whispers secrets about ghosts and makes Olivia promise never to reveal them. Out of both fright and resentment, Olivia betrays her sister -- with terrible consequences. From then on she listens to Kwan's stories and pretends to believe them. Thirty years pass, and Olivia is about to divorce her husband, Simon, after a lengthy marriage. She is certain he has never given up his love for a former girlfriend, who died years before. Kwan and her ghosts believe otherwise, and they provide Olivia with ceaseless advice and pleas to reconsider. But Olivia has long since dismissed the ghosts of her childhood and the wacky counsel of her sister. Just as Kwan anticipates, fate intervenes and takes her, Olivia, and Simon to China. In the village where Kwan grew up, Olivia confronts the tangible evidence of what she has always presumed to be her sister's fantasy of the past. And there, she finds the proof that love endures, and comes to understand what logic ignores, what you can know only through the hundred secret senses.
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Journal Entry 3 by Suefitz at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, December 12, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (12/12/2005 UTC) at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Releasing to Wyldewomin to get the book started
Releasing to Wyldewomin to get the book started
Il est arrivee. Hope to be able to pass it on soon.
Arrived today :) I've got a couple of books ahead of this, but should be able to get to it soon.
I tried to like this book, but I was bored to tears within 50 pages. I guess I'm just not in an Amy Tan mood lately. Returning to SueFitz as soon as I have an address :)
Got back on Saturday - Ring is now complete. Will put as available, since I have since listened to the audio of this book.
Journal Entry 8 by Suefitz at Book Relay in Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 3, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/1/2006 UTC) at Book Relay in Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases
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Released to Twicky as part of the Fiction VBB Round #7.
Enjoy
Released to Twicky as part of the Fiction VBB Round #7.
Enjoy
Arrived here in Twickenham safely - looking forward to read it soon.
