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Fiction, Old and New book discussion Nov 11
By Alicia Waters | October 16, 2014
On Tuesday, November 11 at 9:00 pm the Fiction, Old and New discussion group will be talking about Pearl of China: a novel by Anchee Min. Talking Books Plus members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who are not already BARD members may sign up for download service at BARD.
Below is a description of the book taken from the RI Talking Books Plus Catalog – Fictional account of Pearl Buck (1892-1973), author of The Good Earth (DB
37294). Young Willow Yee befriends Pearl, a missionary’s daughter, in remote
China. Willow’s love and jealousy grow as Willow later suffers during the Mao
revolution but remains loyal to her foreign friend, now a Nobel laureate. 2010.
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