Lisa See's newest novel, Dreams of Joy, is a sequel to her 2009 novel, Shanghai Girls. If you have not read Shanghai Girls and you are thinking about this novel, I recommend that you start with the earlier novel first, since Dreams of Joy literally picks up right where Shanghai Girls left off and the novel assumes you know the central characters.
Joy, a young Chinese American woman who has grown up with her mother, Pearl, and aunt, May, in LA's Chinatown has just discovered her mother and aunt's horrible secret, and in her anger, she decides to flee to China to live the communist ideal and find her father, ZG. At first Joy is in awe at the China she discovers, and she believes she has found the perfect society. Joy's mother, Pearl soon follows her daughter and tries to open her eyes to the reality of life in the New China. Will Joy see the truth before it is too late?
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Lisa See's newest novel, Dreams of Joy, is a sequel to her 2009 novel, Shanghai Girls. If you have not read Shanghai Girls and you are thinking about this novel, I recommend that you start with the earlier novel first, since Dreams of Joy literally picks up right where Shanghai Girls left off and the novel assumes you know the central characters.
Joy, a young Chinese American woman who has grown up with her mother, Pearl, and aunt, May, in LA's Chinatown has just discovered her mother and aunt's horrible secret, and in her anger, she decides to flee to China to live the communist ideal and find her father, ZG. At first Joy is in awe at the China she discovers, and she believes she has found the perfect society. Joy's mother, Pearl soon follows her daughter and tries to open her eyes to the reality of life in the New China. Will Joy see the truth before it is too late?
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