The Moon Pearl

The author of the classic "Thousand Pieces of Gold" returns with an uplifting novel of the real heroines of China's Pearl River Delta--young girls who, in the 19th century, fought and won a battle for economic and personal independence that changed the future for thousands of others.

Ruthanne Lum McCunn was born in Hong Kong and has published seven books on the experiences of Chinese people in America; more than 275,000 copies of her books are in print.

Author's Note

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Prologue

1

(4)

1826-1833

Girls' Houses

5

(12)

Shadow

17

(10)

A Bird Snared in a Trap

27

(11)

Dreams of Happiness

38

(12)

Wily as a Fox

50

(11)

A Dead, Stinking Fate

61

(14)

1836-1837

A Matchmaker's Claims

75

(9)

A Red Affair

84

(12)

Wife

96

(10)

Insides Turned Upside Down

106

(10)

Struggling Woman

116

(10)

The Big Wind

126

(11)

1837-1838

The Best Thing

137

(9)

Vows of Spinsterhood

146

(10)

Gwoon Yum's Song

156

(9)

New Lives

165

(10)

Only One Heaven

175

(8)

A Lick of Hope

183

(9)

Outcasts

192

(9)

Opposite Sides

201

(10)

1838

Mountain Pines

211

(10)

Dead Useless

221

(8)

Freedom

229

(10)

Magpies Cry and Caw

239

(8)

A Miracle

247

(10)

Tongues as Swords

257

(12)

1838-1840

Tipping the Scales

269

(8)

Mercies

277

(7)

A Stranger

284

(6)

Sisters

290

(8)

Changing Luck

298

(7)

Capable Women

305

(8)

Acknowledgments

313

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