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Author seamlessly weaves historical truths about the struggles of living in america with a chinese ancestry. Wonderful glimpse into the of a young chinese american girl in atlanta during the suffragettes fight for the vote. Loved the chinese proverbs,... Read More
Jo kuan is a 17-year-old chinese-american maid living in atlanta in the late 1800s. She lives with old gin, a horse trainer, in a basement dwelling barely large enough for both. For more information on jo kuan click here.
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Quality
As the story progresses all these elements come into play along with the author’s marvelous way with words
Joe loves words and writing so one day she has the idea to write a column in the newspaper in order to help them build up their... Read More
Or if you want to quickly turn pages you will be disappointed
She puts her anonymity to a good cause writing about feminism racism segregation and gender equality
Packaging/appearance
Was hooked after the sample and had to buy it because i couldn’t wait
I never thought about the enslaved asian population that came to the united states to work on the plantations
Never did i dream about being able to dive into a world that i could live so vicariously through my grandma who was chinese ame... Read More
Competitiveness
I bought the book since it was part of reese’s book club
It follows the life of a young chinese woman in antebellum usa
During the day she works as a lady’s maid to a nastytempered southern girl about the same age
Jo the protagonist of this book is a ladys maid by day and anonymous advice columnist by night and her letters to her readershi... Read More
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chinese, historical, lee, loved and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 4,775 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 28 2023.
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After reading the first few chapters i was not yet hooked
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I wanted it to go on and on and on
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Narration adds life to this beautiful story not that it needed it
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For example this not a direct quote but she said something along the lines that one of the characters was tight fisted with money like a boxer about to throw a punch
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Im not at all a fan of books told in the first person but admit that this story would not have been as effective with any other viewpoint
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There is hardly any language and the romance is minimal
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Glad a friend of mine recommended the author
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