New York: Putnam, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'The Joy Luck Club', a story of the gradual unfolding of secrets between sisters and between mother and daughter, secrets stretching back in time to a small village near Shanghai in the 1920's and to China during World War II. 415 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Gretchen Shields. ISBN: 0-399-135782.