The valley of amazement

Amy Tan First published 2013

About this book

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.

Subjects

  • americans
  • art
  • chinese americans, fiction
  • courtesans
  • family secrets
  • fiction
  • fiction, cultural heritage
  • fiction, historical, general
  • history
  • identity (psychology)
  • kidnapping
  • large type books
  • mothers and daughters
  • new york times bestseller
  • new york times reviewed
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-08-03
  • san francisco (calif.), fiction
  • shanghai (china), fiction