SHANGHAICHYA MULI

Details:

• Translators: Sunanda Amrapurkar
• ISBN: 9789353175344
• Edition: 1
• Publishing Year: February 2021
• Pages: 404
• Language: Translated from English to Marathi
• Category: Fiction
• Binding: Hardcover
• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

About the Book:
Shanghai, 1937. Pearl and May, two sisters from a bourgeois family, live in a world of beauty, modernity, and carefree living. Despite their contrasting personalities—Pearl, the stubborn and strong dragon, and May, the adorable and placid sheep—their bond is unbreakable. However, their lives take a dramatic turn when their father confesses to gambling away the family’s wealth and must repay his debts by selling the girls as wives to two American “Gold Mountain” men. Amid the chaos of Japanese bombings, the sisters embark on a harrowing journey that will lead them across Southern China, into the hands of brutal soldiers, and ultimately to Los Angeles. There, in Chinatown, they begin a new chapter of life, despite the racial discrimination and anti-communist paranoia. As they navigate through terrible sacrifices, impossible choices, and a devastating secret, the two heroines of this remarkable novel hold fast to who they are—Shanghai girls.