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The brightest star : a novel

Tsukiyama, Gail (author.).

Summary: "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.

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  • ISBN: 9780063213753(hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

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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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Subject: Wong, Anna May -- 1905-1961 -- Fiction
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Fiction
Chinese American women -- Fiction
Racism in motion pictures -- Fiction
Cultural appropriation -- Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

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Sechelt Public Library F TSUK (Text) 33260100134049 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Gibsons Public Library FIC TSUK (Text) 30886001119367 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -
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