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Three Daughters of Madame Liang

Monday, April 19th, 2010

After her husband takes a concubine, Madame Liang sets out on her own, starting an upscale restaurant and sending her daughters to America to be educated. At the restaurant, the leaders of the People’s Republic wine and dine and Madame Liang must keep a low profile for her daughters’ sake.

Soon her two eldest daughters are called back to serve the People’s Republic. Her oldest daughter, Grace, now a doctor, finds meaning through her work. Things are not as easy for her daughter Mercy, a musician who is not in demand in the People’s Republic, nor for her new husband who she has brought back to China with her.

Watching her two daughters grow apart and knowing that her youngest daughter will never return, Madame Liang must also face the challenges The Cultural Revolution, and how to keep herself and the restaurant, alive.

Praise for Three Daughters of Madame Liang

“The strength of this book lies in the useful insights into the temperament of modern-day Chinese…[The daughters] all must decide whether patriotism is enough to call them back into communism.” –Christian Science Monitor

“Three Daughters of Madame Liang is written with gentleness and elegance, like one of those old Chinese scroll paintings.” – The New York Times Book Review

About the Author: Pearl S. Buck

ISBN: 978-1-5592-1040-9

$14.95

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