Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

I thought this book was very good in terms of learning about the history of China and America and the relations the two countries had.  It is shameful the awful way in which people treat each other and hopefully from this novel we can be more aware of it and more respectful of differences.

This book is about two female sisters and their lives together from childhood to adult.  Two sisters lived in Shanghai to a moderately wealthy family and then all was lost.  When war broke out the sisters ended up living in the United States.  What life was like in China in the 1930s and what life was like in the United States for Chinese people in the 1940s and 50s in California is described.  How a Chinese person may have felt is recorded as well as a glimpse of Chinese and Chinese/American culture.

I enjoyed the book.  The story was very sad.  I would give this book a 7/10.