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Informationen zum Autor By Sasha Su-Ling Welland Klappentext A Thousand Miles of Dreams is the fascinating biography of two intensely rivalrous Chinese sisters whose eventful lives took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. They were Chinese modern girls who sought to forge their own way during a period of social revolution that unsettled relations between men and women, even among nations. Daughters of an imperial scholar-official and a concubine, the two sisters followed professional trajectories unimaginable to their parents' generation. Zusammenfassung A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Part 1 Prologue: Departure Part 2 Part I: Moving House Chapter 3 1. Origins Chapter 4 2. Ambition Chapter 5 3. Disappointment Chapter 6 4. Courtyards Chapter 7 5. Mountains and Walls Part 8 Part II: Casting Off Chapter 9 6. Lessons Chapter 10 7. Mist Chapter 11 8. Amid Ghosts Chapter 12 9. In the Streets Chapter 13 10. Romance Chapter 14 11. Gatherings Chapter 15 12. Modern Medicine Chapter 16 13. Crescent Moon Part 17 Part III: Seeking a Mooring Chapter 18 14. Arrival Chapter 19 15. Adrift Chapter 20 16. Souvenirs Chapter 21 17. The Entangling Net Chapter 22 18. Rice Porridge Chapter 23 19. War Letters Chapter 24 20. An American Home Chapter 25 21. Wandering Chapter 26 22. The Chinese House Part 27 Epilogue: Return
