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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Tsukiyama, Gail.     Subjects     Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 -- Fiction.     Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.     Chinese American women -- Fiction.     Racism in motion pictures -- Fiction.     Cultural appropriation -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tsukiyama, Gail.       by title:      The brightest star :...       by call number:      FICTION TSU     Search the Web     Tsukiyama, Gail.     Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 -- Fiction.     Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.     Chinese American women -- Fiction.     Racism in motion pictures -- Fiction.     Cultural appropriation -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The brightest star : a novel / Gail Tsukiyama. by Tsukiyama, Gail. HarperVia, 2023. Call #: FICTION TSU Subjects Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 -- Fiction.   Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.   Chinese American women -- Fiction.   Racism in motion pictures -- Fiction.   Cultural appropriation -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780063213753 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  337 p. ; 24 cm. Notes:  "A rich historical novel based on the life of the luminous, groundbreaking actress Anna May Wong, the first and only Asian American women to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood"--Publisher. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daughter of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, Wong Liu and her older sister Lew Ying (Lulu) are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. But while Lulu diligently obeys her parents and learns to speak Chinese, Wong Liu sneaks away to the local nickelodeons, buying a ticket with her lunch money and tips saved from laundry deliveries. By eleven Wong Liu is determined to become an actress and has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. At sixteen, Anna May leaves high school to pursue her Hollywood dreams, defying her disapproving father and her Chinese traditional upbringing, a choice that will hold emotional and physical consequences"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION TSU Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION TSU Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION TSU Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION TSU Adult books Transit Request Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION TSU Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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