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Sales Rank: 184981
Category: Book
Author: Gail Tsukiyama
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Bargain Price
Language: English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
ASIN: B0002Y6AI0
Publication Date: September 21, 2000
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Readers of Women of the Silk never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the silk house as a girl, grown into a quiet but determined young woman whose life is subject to cruel twists of fate, including the loss of her closest friend, Lin. Now we finally learn what happened to Pei, as she leaves the silk house for Hong Kong in the 1930s, arriving with a young orphan, Ji Shen, in her care. Her first job, in the home of a wealthy family, ends in disgrace, but soon Pei and Ji Shen find a new life in the home of Mrs. Finch, a British ex-patriate who welcomes them as the daughters she never had. Their idyllic life is interrupted, however, by war, and the Japanese occupation. Pei is once again forced to make her own way, struggling to survive and to keep her extended family alive as well. In this story of hardship and survival, Tsukiyama paints a portrait of women fighting the forces of war and time to make a life for themselves.
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 So Much To Like about this author's Wrting Style October 26, 2008
and story-telling ability. I have been a fan of Asian history based fiction since I was first introduced to it by Pearl Buck's THE GOOD EARTH trilogy.
This writer, Gail Tsukiyama has a wonderful sensitivity and a greater gift for making you feel as though you are living the story. In this, her first book, she tells the story of Pei, a young girl, who is sold to the Silk Factory so that her family could survive.
Her journey, after seeing her father turn and walk away and not turn back, when he leaves her at the door of the factory, is at once heart-wrenching and beautiful. Her friendships are endearing but do not take away from the main thread of the story which is the plight of many women trying to survive in the environs in which they are unwillingly placed.
Introduced to this stylistic writer by this novel, I went on to read all her novels and am about to read her newest...The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. Tsukiyama weaves the threads of The Women of Silk with a wonderful history of the times.
A wonderful sequel. June 16, 2007
This story continues the sad but beautiful journey of Pei. A chinese silk worker. I love any story that takes you into someone's heart. This story does just that. Gail Tsukiyama is a wonderful writer.
The Language of Threads February 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You need to read Women of Silk first, and you will love this book. It is easy reading and Gail Tsukiyama is a wonderful story teller.
The Language of Threads: A Novel July 12, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful sequel to "Women of the Silk". I thoroughly enjoyed the continuing story and the characters, both the old ones and the new ones.
I think the timeline is a very interesting part of World history. I would love to see these books made into a movie.
 The Language of Threads: A Novel July 7, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was a less than stellar sequal to The Women of the Silk but it did finish the story of Pei to some extent. I found the historical aspect of the novel the most interesting and the story of the women the least believable
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