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''Shanghai Girls'' is a 2009 novel by Lisa See. It centers on the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May, as they go through great pain and suffering in leaving war-torn Shanghai, and try to adjust to the difficult roles of wives in arranged marriages and of Chinese immigrants to the U.S. This work marks a return to many of the themes the author addressed in her first major work, ''On Gold Mountain'', a memoir of her family's history. The novel is set between 1937–57 and matches Parts IV and V of the memoir. The novel received an Honorable Mention from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The sequel, ''Dreams of Joy'', was released May 31, 2011.〔http://www.lisasee.com/dreamsofjoy〕 ==Plot summary== ''Shanghai Girls'' is divided into three parts: Fate, Fortune, and Destiny. Here See treats Chinese immigration from a personal view through Pearl's narration. In ''On Gold Mountain'' she objectively placed 100 years of her Chinese family history in the context of the daunting challenges Chinese immigrants faced in coming to America in search of Gold Mountain. America's mistreatment of Chinese immigrants is stressed in both memoir and novel. The sisters' story is interrelated with critical historical events, famous people, and important places—the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Shanghai, internment at Angel Island, Los Angeles Chinatown, Hollywood, World War II, the Chinese Exclusion Act, McCarthyism, etc. Historically significant people appearing in the novel include Madame Chiang Kai-shek, actress Anna May Wong, film personality (Tom Gubbins ), and Christine Sterling, the "Mother of Olvera Street."〔William D. Estrada, "Los Angeles' Old Plaza and Olvera Street: Imagined and Contested Space", ''Western Folklore'', Vol. 58, No. 2 (Winter 1999), 112ff., 121-122〕 ''Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'' explores the complex relationship between two intimate friends. In ''Shanghai Girls'' See treats the loving yet conflicted relationship between two best friends who also happen to be sisters, especially in the context of their relationship to Pearl's daughter Joy. In speaking of ''Shanghai Girls'', See has commented: "Your sister is the one person who should stick by you and love you no matter what, but she’s also the one person who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most." That being said, in ''Shanghai Girls'' it is the love of Pearl and May for each other that survives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shanghai Girls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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