The Hundred Secret Senses
Author: Amy Tan
Stunning reissue of an international bestseller, from the author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s DaughterOlivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her older sister from China, comes to live with the family and turns her life upside down, bombarding her day and night with ghostly stories of strange ancestors from the world of Yin. Olivia just wants to lead a no….Read More
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