The Three Daughthers of Madame Liang Author:Pearl S. Buck Here is the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow, embodied in the memorable character of Madame Liang. Proprietor of the most fashionable restaurant in Shanghai, she manages to provide elegant service and cuisine inspite of Communist austerity. Close friends with a wealthy American family, she sends her three daughters to America to be educa... more »ted.
And it is upon her three daugther that this fascinating novel focuses. Torn between East and West, the turmoil of their lives reflects the conflicts in their upbrining and the immendse changes in modern China.« less