Shanghi Girls

I had high hopes for Shanghi girls by Lisa See. I even stopped at the Bookstall in Winnetka the day after she was there to buy a full priced sign book (If you've never been, go to the Bookstall, Roberta and her staff are amazingly knowledgeable and they have the best author signings. They always have an amazing collection of signed books), and I don't like to buy full priced books. Despite liking See's other books, this one wasn't very good. It's the story of two sisters in Shanghi before World War II, their arranged marriages to American and the life they find in L.A. I wasn't all that impressed with the main characters, and the rest of the characters were never fully realized. Read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan instead.