Ruthanne Lum Mccunn: 3 books

“ Held me captive right from the start.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered “Her clear voice and simple but elegant style easily turns this work into a real page-turner.”—Library Journal “A vivid tale of a faraway time.”—Asian Week “Beautifully combines...

In the tradition of Thousand Pieces of Gold comes The Moon Pearl, the story of Rooster, Shadow, and Mei Ju, who become fast friends while members of a girls’ house, where young daughters are taught to become daughters-in-law. These girls, however, want neither to marry nor become nuns (the only...

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned...