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PEACH
BLOSSOM PAVILION Mingmei Yip, a Chinese author and scholar, tells the heart-wrenching story of the last surviving Chinese courtesan. Fans of Memoirs of a Geisha will fall in love with Yip’s enchanting and indomitable young heroine, Precious Orchid, as she falls from grace and becomes the most sought-after woman in all of China. Yip transports readers from present day America to pre-communist China, as an elderly Precious Orchid recounts her life of lust, scandal, and heartache to her great-granddaughter and her American fiancé. Starting with her tragic beginnings, Precious Orchid captures the hearts of readers as she tells of the circumstances that led her to the doorstep of Peach Blossom Pavilion—an elite house of prostitution—and into the arms of many men. A riveting work of literary fiction, PEACH BLOSSOM PAVILION goes back in time to revive the memory of the talented and glamorous courtesans of Chinese culture. |
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