A terrorist threat is communicated to the U.S. Navy in Nushu, an old Chinese script understood only by women. Cody Cochrane, an American student, argues the threat is real. When the Navy encounters a radiation victim and a corpse is mutilated, Cochrane seems vindicated. Working with Lieutenant James
China Dolls
β Scribed by See, Lisa
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 946 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780812992892
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β¦ Synopsis
The New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls has garnered international acclaim for her immersive storytelling gifts and skill at rendering the layered, intricate relationships of women and the engrossing and complex meeting of history and fate. Now comes Lisa See's highly anticipated new novel, China Dolls.
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