The Valley of Amazement
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Amy Tan. The Valley of Amazement
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. HIDDEN JADE PATH. Shanghai1905–1907Violet
Lulu
CHAPTER 2. THE NEW REPUBLIC. Shanghai1912Violet
CHAPTER 3. THE HALL OF TRANQUILITY. Shanghai1912Violet—Vivi—Zizi
Magic Gourd
CHAPTER 4. ETIQUETTE FOR BEAUTIES OF THE BOUDOIR
Shanghai1912Magic Gourd
REPUTATION
PATRONS AND CHEAPSKATES
THE ILLUSIONS
FASHION
PREPARING THE BOUDOIR
FOUR WAYS TO DAMAGE YOUR CAREER
PREPARING THE PUDENDA
CHAPTER 5. THE MEMORY OF DESIRE. ShanghaiAugust 1912Violet
YEARNING RETURNED, UNFULFILLED
1915
CHAPTER 6. A SINGING SPARROW. ShanghaiMarch 1918Violet
CHAPTER 7. A BLUE DISEASE. ShanghaiJune 1918Violet
March 1919
CHAPTER 8. THE TWO MRS. IVORYS. ShanghaiMarch 1919Violet
September 1922
CHAPTER 9. QUICKSAND YEARS. ShanghaiMarch 1925Violet
CHAPTER 10. MOON POND VILLAGE. From Shanghai to Moon Pond Village1925Violet
CHAPTER 11. HEAVEN MOUNTAIN. Moon PondSeptember 1925Violet
POMELO’S TALE OF BUDDHA’S HAND
CHAPTER 12. THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT. San Francisco1897Lucia Minturn
CHAPTER 13. FATA MORGANA. San Francisco1897Lucia Minturn
CHAPTER 14. SHANGHAILANDERS. ShanghaiSeptember 1897Lucia Minturn
San Francisco. March 1912 Lulu Minturn
March 1914
CHAPTER 15. THE CITY AT THE END OF THE SEA. Between Buddha’s Hand and ShanghaiJune 1926Violet
October 1926
Shanghai. 1929
March 1939
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY AMY TAN. Novels
Memoir
Children’s Books
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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KATHI KAMEN GOLDMARK AND ZHENG CAO
KINDRED SPIRITS
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“Ai-ya! You did this because you’re hungry? All you had to do was ask the maid to bring you something to eat.”
I did not know how to explain what the outing to the restaurant had meant to me. I blurted a jumble of wounds: “She tells the men that they are the ones she wants to see. She told me the same, but it was a trick. She doesn’t worry anymore when I’m sad or lonely …”
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