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In Women of the Silk, Gail Tsukiyama takes listeners back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amid the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk.
Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own.
Tsukiyama's graceful prose weaves the details of "the silk work" and Chinese village life into a story of courage and strength.
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"Enlivened with an engrossing richness of detail...succinct and delicate." (New York Times Book Review)
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Told through the eyes of the Leongs' secret-keeping daughters and wives and spanning the Boxer Rebellion to Pearl Harbor to 1960s Hawaii, Diamond Head is a breathtakingly powerful tale of tragic love, shocking lies, poignant compromise, aching loss, heroic acts of sacrifice, and miraculous hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- De Gina en 09-06-15
De: Cecily Wong
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
- A Novel
- De: Jan-Philipp Sendker
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,276
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,986
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,000
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be - until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the listener’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Basic Story Interesting, But...
- De Monica en 06-04-13
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The Voice
- An Ephemera Novella
- De: Anne Bishop
- Narrado por: Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
In a small village outside the city of Vision, the people know no sorrow or grief. But this seemingly idyllic community is hiding a terrible secret. As a young child, Nalah did not know why she was told to bring a cake to the mute girl known as the Voice whenever she was upset, only that doing so made her feel better. Now grown, Nalah understands the dark truth, and yearns to escape from the oppressive village that has been her life-long home.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't hold up
- De Linda en 05-22-13
De: Anne Bishop
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Secret Daughter
- De: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 940
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 801
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 801
Debut novelist Shilpi Somaya Gowda pens this compelling tale about two families, worlds apart, linked by one Indian child. After giving birth to a girl for a second time, impoverished Kavita must give her up to an orphanage. The baby, named Asha, is adopted by an American doctor and raised in California. But once grown, Asha decides to return to India.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- De Stephanie en 06-08-11
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The Gods of Tango
- A Novel
- De: Carolina De Robertis
- Narrado por: Carolina De Robertis
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, carrying only a small trunk and her father's cherished violin, leaves her Italian village for a new home, and a new husband, in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos Aires, she discovers that he has been killed, but she remains: living in a tenement, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. Still, she is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A rousing tale
- De Jean en 07-24-15
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Archangel
- Samaria, Book 1
- De: Sharon Shinn
- Narrado por: Tamara Marston
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 472
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 339
A tale of the distant future by the author of The Shape-Changer's Wife brings listeners to a world in which the fate of all life rests on the voice of an angel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An All-TIme Favorite
- De Carol en 02-27-11
De: Sharon Shinn
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City of Tranquil Light
- A Novel
- De: Bo Caldwell
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 86
Will Kiehn is seemingly destined for life as a humble farmer in the Midwest when, having felt a call from God, he travels to the vast North China Plain in the early twentieth century. There he is surprised by love and weds a strong and determined fellow missionary, Katherine. They soon find themselves witnesses to the crumbling of a more than two-thousand-year-old dynasty that plunges the country into decades of civil war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What We're Here For
- De Annette en 10-14-10
De: Bo Caldwell
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Midnight Blue
- De: Simone van der Vlugt
- Narrado por: Imogen Church
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Amsterdam 1654: a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Following the sudden death of her husband, 25-year-old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job as housekeeper to the successful Van Nulandt merchant family. Amsterdam is a city at the peak of its powers: science and art are flourishing, and Dutch ships bring back exotic riches from the Far East. When a figure from her past threatens her new life, Catrin flees to Delft. There, her painting talent earns her a chance as a pottery painter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard to Be a Woman in 17th Century Holland
- De Cariola en 06-16-17
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The Blue Between Sky and Water
- De: Susan Abulhawa
- Narrado por: Jennifer Woodward
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother, prone to wandering and strange outbursts, while her brother, Mamdouh, tends to the village bees. Their younger sister, Mariam, with her striking mismatched eyes, spends her days talking to imaginary friends and writing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible pronunciation
- De Debra Sabah Press en 11-08-18
De: Susan Abulhawa
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When the Moon Is Low
- A Novel
- De: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan, Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Mahmoud’s passion for his wife, Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she’s ever known. But their happy, middle-class world implodes when their country is engulfed in war and the Taliban rises to power. Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister’s family in England. With forged papers and help from kind strangers they meet along the way, Fereiba make a dangerous crossing into Iran under cover of darkness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story. Poor ending
- De Janine en 01-14-22
De: Nadia Hashimi
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The Island
- De: Victoria Hislop
- Narrado por: Emma Powell
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 52
On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding plans a trip to her mother's childhood home in Plaka, Greece hoping to unravel Sofia's hidden past. Given a letter to take to Sofia's old friend, Fotini, Alexis is promised that through Fotini, she will learn more. Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the deserted island of Spinalonga—Greece's former leper colony. Fotini reveals the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters, and a family rent by tragedy, war, and passion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful all around
- De Mada en 05-05-24
De: Victoria Hislop
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Three Souls
- A Novel
- De: Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
We have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this.... So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls - stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun - who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very different but compelling point of view.
- De Kevin Wickline en 06-08-23
De: Janie Chang
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Like a River from Its Course
- De: Kelli Stuart
- Narrado por: Romy Nordlinger
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
An epic novel exposing the ugliness of war and the beauty of hope. The city of Kiev was bombed in Hitler's blitzkrieg across the Soviet Union, but the constant siege was only the beginning for her citizens. In this sweeping historical saga, Kelli Stuart takes the listener on a captivating journey into the little-known history of Ukraine's tragedies through the eyes of four compelling characters who experience the same story from different perspectives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding narrator of a compelling story.
- De DB en 05-07-18
De: Kelli Stuart
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Green City in the Sun
- De: Barbara Wood
- Narrado por: Edie Tusor
- Duración: 27 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
In 1917 Dr. Grace Treverton arrives in Kenya determined to bring modern medicine to the African natives. Her brother, Sir Valentine Treverton, has his own dream for the British protectorate: to establish an agricultural empire to rival any in England. The aspirations of the wealthy Trevertons collide with those of the Mathenge tribe, an African family that has lived on the land for years. Grace soon finds a deadly rival in Mama Wachera, an African medicine woman who fights to maintain native traditions against the encroaching whites.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De nancy wanty en 12-18-23
De: Barbara Wood
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Someone Named Eva
- De: Joan M. Wolff
- Narrado por: Rachel Botchan
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
M. Wolf traveled to the Czech Republic, birthplace of her great-grandmother, for further insight into this remarkable story. Someone Named Eva is the devastating tale of a young girl whose identity is threatened by the allconsuming sweep of Nazi aggression. Before she loses everything, Milada is a normal, happy girl. But then come the Nazis, tearing her from her family’s arms and leaving her with little but her grandmother’s lingering words: “Remember who you are.”
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was good
- De S. R. Jordan en 02-20-24
De: Joan M. Wolff
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The Hundred Wells of Salaga
- A Novel
- De: Ayesha Harruna Attah
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.
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Homeless Bird
- De: Gloria Whelan
- Narrado por: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Duración: 3 h y 33 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled—her life has been sold for a dowry. Can she forge her own future, even in the face of time-worn tradition? Perfect for schools and classrooms, this universally acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning novel by master of historical fiction Gloria Whelan is a gripping tale of hope that will transport listeners of all ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A touching and beautiful story
- De C. King en 03-08-24
De: Gloria Whelan
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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight.
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Japan, 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms in Tokyo, two orphaned brothers are growing up with loving grandparents who inspire them to dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise in sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of creating exquisite masks for actors in the Noh theater. But as the ripples of war spread all the way to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on hold - and then forge their own paths in a new Japan.
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Beautiful, just beautiful!
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China, 1957: Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society. “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.” Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for “reeducation”. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like listening to someone read their diary
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Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling’s parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband’s first wife - a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she’s met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe.
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Two young friends are separated by unspeakable tragedy during the Greek Civil War, haunted by a vow to return to one another and their home on the island of Corfu where queens, villagers, and goddesses come together to prove there is no force more powerful than the magic of a mother’s love.
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From within the hopelessness and terror of China's Cultural Revolution, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening, and the magical power of storytelling. "An unexpected miracle," raves the Los Angeles Times Book Review, "a delicate, and often hilarious, tale."
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 318
There is no easy path for a woman aspiring to power. A concubine at the palace learns quickly that there are many ways to capture the emperor's attention. Many paint their faces white and style their hair attractively, hoping to lure in the One Above All with their beauty. Some present him with fantastic gifts, such as jade pendants and scrolls of calligraphy, while others rely on their knowledge of seduction to draw his interest. But young Mei knows nothing of these womanly arts, yet she will give the emperor a gift he can never forget.
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3 out of 5 stars
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One of the most annoying narrations
- De Foodiewife en 01-28-17
De: Weina Dai Randel
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China Dolls
- A Novel
- De: Lisa See
- Narrado por: Jodi Long
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 815
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 741
San Francisco, 1938: A world’s fair is preparing to open on Treasure Island, a war is brewing overseas, and the city is alive with possibilities. Talented Grace, traditional Helen, and defiant Ruby, three young women from very different backgrounds, meet by chance at the exclusive and glamorous Forbidden City nightclub.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Spoiled It For Me
- De woodbridge98 en 06-09-14
De: Lisa See
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Dragon Springs Road
- A Novel
- De: Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Jialing is only seven years old in 1908, when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate near Shanghai. Jialing is zazhong - Eurasian - and faces a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese and Europeans. Without her mother's protection, she can survive only if the estate's new owners, the Yang family, agree to take her in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story as narration is on point!
- De Anonymous User en 06-21-20
De: Janie Chang
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Three Souls
- A Novel
- De: Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
We have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this.... So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls - stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun - who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very different but compelling point of view.
- De Kevin Wickline en 06-08-23
De: Janie Chang
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The Woman in the White Kimono
- A Novel
- De: Ana Johns
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man - an American sailor, a gaijin - and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.
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1 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT LISTEN! Decent story, HORRIBLE narration!!!
- De David Meier en 05-07-20
De: Ana Johns
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Diamond Head
- A Novel
- De: Cecily Wong
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu, Samantha Chen, Angela Lin, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 112
Told through the eyes of the Leongs' secret-keeping daughters and wives and spanning the Boxer Rebellion to Pearl Harbor to 1960s Hawaii, Diamond Head is a breathtakingly powerful tale of tragic love, shocking lies, poignant compromise, aching loss, heroic acts of sacrifice, and miraculous hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- De Gina en 09-06-15
De: Cecily Wong
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A Single Swallow
- De: Zhang Ling, Shelly Bryant - translator
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Tanya Eby, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 460
On the day of the historic 1945 Jewel Voice Broadcast - in which Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II - three men, flush with jubilation, made a pact. After their deaths, each year on the anniversary of the broadcast, their souls would return to the Chinese village of their younger days. Now, seventy years later, the pledge is being fulfilled by American missionary Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu. All that’s missing is Ah Yan - also known as Swallow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must-Read
- De 20eagle16 en 05-13-21
De: Zhang Ling, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Women of the Silk
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Rose Fonseca
- 10-14-23
Sisterhood Many Forms
Life in the silk factories made way for connections and relationships by choice or fate.
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- Peter W. Kalnin
- 04-29-24
The Bad Old Days
The Bad Old Days
Women's stories in 1930s China - never a happy time or environment for females.
Narration by Emily Woo Zeller is good.
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