Mingmei Yip

• Dec-2004
• / General Fiction
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"Yip's paintings emulate classic Chinese silkscreen renderings, especially the serene nature images of The Frog Who Lived in a Well. -- Publishers Weekly"...

• Jun-2008
• / General Fiction
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In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiancé arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful c...

• Jun-2008
• / General Fiction
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In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiance arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful co...

• Mar-2010
• / General Fiction
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From the acclaimed author of Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a lush and lyrical novel of East and West -- and of one young woman's search for her heart's true calling... When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip -- author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky -- follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road. As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photogr...

• Jun-2012
• / General Fiction
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Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as “skeleton women” -- the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom… When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and bro...

• Mar-2013
• / General Fiction
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With classic Chinese fairytales and folk stories, Grandma Panda's China Storybook introduces children to Chinese culture in a fun, adventurous way! Grandma Panda is a wonderful teacher, a wonderful storyteller and a wonderful cook! Her grandchildren,...

• Jun-2013
• / General Fiction
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In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang. When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious...

• Nov-2014
• / Historical
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Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence. Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom die...

• Nov-2015
• / General Fiction
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From the author of Secret of a Thousand Beauties and Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a beautifully written novel of self-discovery and intrigue. Chinese-American assistant professor Eileen Chen specializes in folk religion at her San Francisco colle...

• Sep-2021
• / General Fiction
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