{"product_id":"the-language-of-threads-paperback-1","title":"The Language of Threads - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders of \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Silk\u003c\/i\u003e never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the silk house as a girl, grown into a quiet but determined young woman whose life is subject to cruel twists of fate, including the loss of her closest friend, Lin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in bestselling novelist Gail Tsukiyama's\u003ci\u003e The Language of Threads\u003c\/i\u003e, we finally learn what happened to Pei, as she leaves the silk house for Hong Kong in the 1930s, arriving with a young orphan, Ji Shen, in her care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her first job, in the home of a wealthy family, ends in disgrace, but soon Pei and Ji Shen find a new life in the home of Mrs. Finch, a British ex-patriate who welcomes them as the daughters she never had. Their idyllic life is interrupted, however, by war, and the Japanese occupation. Pei is once again forced to make her own way, struggling to survive and to keep her extended family alive as well. In this story of hardship and survival, Tsukiyama paints a portrait of women fighting the forces of war and time to make a life for themselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, \u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eDreaming Water, Women of the Silk, The Samurai's Garden, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight of Many Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.23 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134562504839,"sku":"9780312267568","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ffeb731a8a7f22154f8eba638f4b9508_4b5d5818-987e-43a4-8cd7-8e9c34a3e0fa.webp?v=1732642729","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-language-of-threads-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}