A Gift of Pearl

By China Chen and Tien Pao Tien

Book Overview

This special, enchanting little gem of a novel, A Gift of Pearl is first published in Taiwan years ago and immediately became a best seller with four printings. It is written by the mother and translated by her daughter from Chinese into English. A very beautiful, intelligent and touching novel. It is eloquently and poetically written with lots of passion, sensuously mesmerizing and full of stunning visual beauty.

A lyrical and passionate love story of a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl of beauty, wealth and education who falls in love with a young American officer, send to Beijing to help the Chinese government take over control after the Japanese Invasion and Occupation at the end of WWII in1945. Theirs is a love meant to be, but the Communist upheaval forces their love down different paths that spans 25 years and crosses two continents from Beijing to America and Taiwan.

This exquisite, elegant tale is filled with soaring imagery and laced with Chinese philosophy. Very romantic, original, insightful, cinematic, colorful, with rich heritage of Chinese culture and history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMX12BGG
• ISBN13: 9798994141328
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Wonderful Lotus
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.9" x 6.2"