TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cao,Wenxuan
AU  - Wang,Helen
TI  - Dragonfly eyes
SN  - 9781406378252 (pbk.) :
U1  - F WEN 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Walker Books and Subsidiaries
N1  - Translated from the Chinese
N2  - Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike - and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai's European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another - and the tenderness they share brings them great strength
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