01272cam a2200325 4500 147564971 TxAuBib 20131125120000.0 130924s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062107312 0062107313 (OCoLC)858872564 TxAuBib Tan, Amy. The Valley of Amazement / Amy Tan. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013] xiv, 589 pages ; 24 cm. Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her. 20131125. Americans China Fiction. Art Fiction. Courtesans Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. Kidnapping Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Shanghai (China) Fiction. San Francisco (Calif) Fiction.