Author | : May-lee Chai |
File Size | : 42,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 19 November 2002 |
ISBN | : 9781466803022 |
Pages | : 336 pages |
The Girl from Purple Mountain by May-lee Chai Book PDF Summary
A true story of love, betrayal, and healing, The Girl from Purple Mountain begins with a mystery: The Chai family matriarch, Ruth Mei-en Tsao Chai, dies unexpectedly and her grieving husband discovers that she had secretly arranged to be buried alone-rather than in the shared plots they had purchased together years ago. In this extraordinary and moving family epic set against the shifting tides of twentieth-century China, Ruth's first-born son, Winberg, and his daughter, May-lee, explore family history to reconstruct her life as they seek to understand her fateful decision.