Book 2014

The Valley of Amazement

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Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2014

Family secrets
Kidnapping
Art
Courtesans
Fiction
Americans
Mothers and daughters
Identity (Psychology)

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.