The Hundred Secret Senses
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The Back of the Book
Olivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her seventeen-year-old half-sister from Chine comes to live with the family and turns her world upside down. She is bombarded day and night with Kwan's stories from the world of Yin - romantic tales of ghosts who were once bandit maidens, strange accounts of missionaries and mercenaries from another world. Olivia just wants to lead a normal American life.
For the next thirty years, Olivia unhappily endures visits from Kwan and her ghosts, whoa ppear in the lviign world to offer advice on everything from restaurants to Olivia's failed marriage. But just when Olivia cannot bear it any more, the revelations of a tragic, hundred-year-old family secret give her the opportunity to reconcile these ghosts from the past with the dreams of her future ...
Witha sharp eye for the tragi-comedy of those whose lives are caught between two cultures, Amy Tan weaves an extraordinary and inspirigng tale. In prose which blends the deceptive simplicities of fairy tales with vivid characterisation and a sly, poignant humour, she proves once again that she has no rivals - Amy Tan is the quintessential storyteller.
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Olivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her seventeen-year-old half-sister from Chine comes to live with the family and turns her world upside down. She is bombarded day and night with Kwan's stories from the world of Yin - romantic tales of ghosts who were once bandit maidens, strange accounts of missionaries and mercenaries from another world. Olivia just wants to lead a normal American life.
For the next thirty years, Olivia unhappily endures visits from Kwan and her ghosts, whoa ppear in the lviign world to offer advice on everything from restaurants to Olivia's failed marriage. But just when Olivia cannot bear it any more, the revelations of a tragic, hundred-year-old family secret give her the opportunity to reconcile these ghosts from the past with the dreams of her future ...
Witha sharp eye for the tragi-comedy of those whose lives are caught between two cultures, Amy Tan weaves an extraordinary and inspirigng tale. In prose which blends the deceptive simplicities of fairy tales with vivid characterisation and a sly, poignant humour, she proves once again that she has no rivals - Amy Tan is the quintessential storyteller.
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I have only just started but it is a story that has grabbed me allready and I am planning to pop it in my backpack and read on the way. Amy Tan is a great story teller.
CAUGHT IN GLASGOW SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM
CAUGHT IN GLASGOW SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM
A book that kept me page turning, I never could have guessed the ending.
Left this bok at another SYHA.
CAUGHT IN SYHA, LOCH OSSIAN YOUTH HOSTEL, CORROUR ESTATE LOCHABER SCOTLAND, UK
Left this bok at another SYHA.
CAUGHT IN SYHA, LOCH OSSIAN YOUTH HOSTEL, CORROUR ESTATE LOCHABER SCOTLAND, UK
