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The novel, Women of the Silk, by Gail Tsukiyama takes place during the time when China was influenced and controlled by the Japanese people. The novel is about the conflicts the two Chinese sisters must overcome. The book is mainly about how the two characters will fight to achieve their freedom. I think the author will talk about how poorly the Chinese people were treated by the Japanese government officials and how lowly women were treated by the Japanese men.

Women of the Silk
By Gail Tsukiyama
The book is about the Chinese and Japanese conflict during the early 1900s.
Is the book somewhat based on her own background history?
Does the story follow the history of China when it was controlled by the Japan?

The book is about two Chinese sisters. They work in the silk factory during the time when Japan had much control of the Chinese people. The books is about how the two sisters dream of becoming free from all of the repression.

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The book was written and published in 1991. The novel is dedicated to the author’s mother. The chapters are numbered and organized into different time periods in the character’s life. Some other novels that the narrator wrote are The Samurai’s Garden and Dreaming Water. The novel is written in third person and the author uses a lot of quotations to show the conversations between the characters in the novel.

I think the novel will be interesting to read because the author is half Chinese and Japanese. She may have different views of the history.