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Book Details
Imprint
Pearson Education Limited
Series & Set Details
Series Name
Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)
Dimensions
Width
5 mm
Height
193 mm
Length
124 mm
Weight
80 gr
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The moving tale of a Chinese Cinderella.
I read this novel years ago, in the seventh grade- and it stayed with me the way a dream does. Trailing Adeline through her haunted lonely childhood, her glamorous social, the smoky streets of Beijing, the silences of a fragmented family and the complexities of sibling love and hate was an unforgettable literary experience.
This book brought alive for me, the 1930s- 60s (?) era in Beijing- capturing antiquated customs with the growing glow of consumerism- seen through the sensitive gaze of ...