Shanghai Girls was wonderfully written. It's the kind of story that doesn't feel fictional at all. Its real-life catastrophes are so evocative because they could easily be true. In fact, they likely were true for someone who lived during the same time period. Lisa See easily takes the reader into the lives of the 2 sisters. Their struggles and their triumphs are displayed very realistically. Their journey from Shanghai to America is troublesome and devastating. But, above all, the story is about staying strong in times of adversity and holding true to who you are.
My only complaint was that the book was intense. I would normally love a story like this one, but I found the subject matter a little difficult to deal with at times. 309 pages were in this book.
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