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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher John Day Co
Publication date June 1, 1969
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780381980559
ISBN-10 0381980553
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $10.35
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When a restaurant proprietress in communist China sends her daughters to be educated in America, they begin to question their mother's nationalistic fervor
Amazon.com description: Product Description: After her husband takes a concubine, Madame Liang sets out on her own, starting an upscale restaurant and sending her daughters to America to be educated. At the restaurant, the leaders of the People's Republic wine and dine and Madame Liang must keep a low profile for her daughters' sake.   Soon her two eldest daughters are called back to serve the People's Republic. Her oldest daughter, Grace, now a doctor, finds meaning through her work. Things are not as easy for her daughter Mercy, a musician who is not in demand in the People's Republic, nor for her new husband who she has brought back to China with her. Watching her two daughters grow apart and knowing that her youngest daughter will never return, Madame Liang must also face the challenges The Cultural Revolution, and how to keep herself and the restaurant, alive.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780381980559 Book cover for 9780854562268
 
Large print edition from Ulverscroft Large Print Books (July 1, 1989)
9780854562268 | details & prices | List price $12.00
About: Buck's novel of Communist China and the regime under Mao.
The price comparison is for this edition
from John Day Co (June 1, 1969); titled "The Three Daughters of Madame Liang"
9780381980559 | details & prices | List price $10.35
About: When a restaurant proprietress in communist China sends her daughters to be educated in America, they begin to question their mother's nationalistic fervor
Paperback
Book cover for 9781559210409
 
Expanded edition from Moyer Bell Ltd (December 30, 2007)
9781559213370 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $12.95
Reprint edition from Moyer Bell Ltd (December 1, 1991)
9781559210409 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $14.95

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