The Valley of Amazement

The Valley of Amazement
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Amy Tan. The Valley of Amazement

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DEDICATION

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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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