Not your China doll : the wild and shimmering life of Anna May Wong
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW BIOGRAPHY/WONG,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Dutton, [2024]
©2024
©2024
DESCRIPTION
xvii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780593183984, 0593183983 :, 0593183983, 9780593183984
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
CONTENTS
It all started with a dream --
Frosted yellow willows --
Happiness must be earned --
Year of the flapper --
Girl who can't help being Chinese --
Curious beasts --
Prodigal daughter returns --
Nobody's China doll --
Eating bitterness --
Forbidden blossom --
China through the looking glass --
Trying not to try --
These foolish things --
Hearts that know no other land --
Woman who died a thousand deaths