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Canton Seniors Book Discussion: May 24, 2018

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Shanghai girls : a novel by Lisa See

In the mid 1930's, when their family is on the verge of bankruptcy, two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain Men". When they get there, they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters becomes pregnant, they vow that no one will ever know.

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Adult Contemporary Book Discussion August 19

May 29, 2013 | sobczakd

Please join the Adult Contemporary Book Discussion Group on Monday, August 19 at 7:00 PM in the Purple Room to discuss:

The Buddha in the attic by Julie Otsuka tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” nearly a century ago. The book traces their extraordinary lives from the arduous journey across the Pacific Ocean to a country where they don't speak the language or understand the culture and to husbands they never met.

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