On Gold Mountain: A Family Memoir of Love, Struggle and Survival by Lisa See

On Gold Mountain: A Family Memoir of Love, Struggle and Survival

Lisa See

394 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
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In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal remedies to immigrant labourers who were treated little better than slaves. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, ...

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

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medium 38%

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