The brightest star
Tsukiyama, Gail2024
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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 11 Wong Liu is determined to become an actress and has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. At 16, 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.
Main title:
The brightest star / Gail Tsukiyama.
Author:
Tsukiyama, Gail, author
Imprint:
London : HarperVia, 2024.
Collation:
352 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.
ISBN:
9780063213760 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
2451891
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