On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family by Lisa See
On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

Lisa See

On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

Lisa See

394 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
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A family portrait that is at once particular and universal, telling the story not only of one family, but of the Chinese people in America, and of America itself, a country that both welcomes and reviles its immigrants like no other culture in the...

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Moods

informative 88%
reflective 66%
emotional 44%
inspiring 33%
adventurous 27%
challenging 16%
hopeful 16%
funny 11%
dark 5%
relaxing 5%
sad 5%
tense 5%

Pace

slow 61%
medium 38%

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3.67

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