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Lisa See (born 18 February 1955) is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to ...
Although See treats her male ancestors with detailed and objective commentary, it is the women's perspectives that seem the most powerful—for example, those of Lettice Pruett, Sissee See, Stella See, the actress Anna May Wong, [3] who has the chance to speak to the reader "From the Grave", [4] and Carolyn See, Lisa See's mother.
Later on, when Jessie, Slater and Lisa see Kelly suddenly leave The Max in a huff, Lisa wonders what is troubling Kelly. Lisa though is immediately able to decipher Jessie and Slater's secret language regarding the promise that they made to Zack about not telling anybody about his infatuation with Jennifer. So Lisa then, leads the way in ...
Author Lisa See, right, and her cousin Leslee See Leong in their great-grandfather's antique store, F. Suie One Co. An antique marriage bed that See remembers from the store inspired her latest ...
So, when Lisa’s parents died just days apart — her dad, age 91, on May 8, 2023, from Parkinson’s disease, and her mom, age 71, on May 9, 2023, from a lung disease — the loss was profound.
Little did the prolific, 68-year-old author realize that would lead directly to one of her most meticulously researched, fascinating and ultimately enjoyable works, “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women.”
Shanghai Girls is a 2009 novel by Lisa See.It centers on the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May, as they go through great pain and suffering in leaving war-torn Shanghai, and try to adjust to the difficult roles of wives in arranged marriages and of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.
Lisa Ann Walter and Elaine Hendrix always knew their friendship was meant to be. Now, they have proof that their connection runs deep. On Ancestry's new YouTube series, “UnFamiliar," the pair ...