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The brightest star : a novel / Gail Tsukiyama.
"At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daughter of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, Wong Liu and her older sister Lew Ying (Lulu) are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. But while Lulu diligently obeys her parents and learns to speak Chinese, Wong Liu sneaks away to the local nickelodeons, buying a ticket with her lunch money and tips saved from laundry deliveries. By eleven Wong Liu is determined to become an actress and has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. At sixteen, Anna May leaves high school to pursue her Hollywood dreams, defying her disapproving father and her Chinese traditional upbringing, a choice that will hold emotional and physical consequences"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063213753(hardcover)
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A historical novel based on the life of the ... groundbreaking actress Anna May Wong, the first and only Asian American women to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bowen Island Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Bowen Island Public Library | F TSU (Text) | 30947900103348 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
