Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the daughter of the American
madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. When political
upheaval separates Violet from her mother, she is forced to become
a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese, half-American, Violet grapples
with her place in the worlds of East and West--until she merges her
two identities to become a shrewd courtesan, though privately she
still struggles to understand who she is. San Francisco, 1897.
Violet's mother chooses a disastrous course as a sixteen-year-old,
following a Chinese painter to Shanghai, where she finds herself
shocked by her lover's adherence to Chinese traditions.
Fueled by betrayals, both women refuse to submit to fate,
persisting in their quests to recover what was taken from them:
respect; a secure future; and love, from their parents, husbands,
and children. An evocative narrative of the connections between
mothers and daughters, imbued with Tan's characteristic insight and
humor, The Valley of Amazement conjures a story of inherited
trauma, desire and deception, and the power and obstinacy of
love.
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