The Broadneck Library will be closed Monday, April 1 - Tuesday, April 16 for branch improvements. Please plan to pickup your holds at another location

The Riviera Beach Library is currently closed. For more information on the new location, please visit the Riviera Beach Library

Peony in Love: A Novel

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A complex period tapestry inscribed with the age-old tragedy of love and death.”—The New York Times Book Review

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”

In seventeenth-century China, in an elaborate villa on the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake, Peony lives a sheltered life. One night, during a theatrical performance in her family’s garden, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man and is immediately overcome with emotion. So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow, the living world and the afterworld. Eventually expelled from all she’s known, Peony is thrust into a realm where hungry ghosts wander the earth, written words have the power to hurt and kill, and dreams are as vivid as waking life. Lisa See’s novel, based on actual historical events, evokes vividly another time and place—where three generations of women become enmeshed in a dramatic story, uncover past secrets and tragedies, and learn that love can transcend death. Peony in Love will make you ache in heart and mind for young Peony and all the women of the world who want to be heard.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lisa See's Shanghai Girls.
Praise for Peony in Love
“Electrifying . . . a fascinating and often surprising story of women helping women, women hurting women and women misunderstanding each other.”The Miami Herald
“See mines an intriguing vein of Chinese history . . . weaving fact and fiction into a dense romantic tapestry of time and place as she meditates on the meaning of love, the necessity of self-expression and the influence of art.”Los Angeles Times

“A transporting read, to lost worlds earthly and otherwise.”Chicago Tribune

“A quietly beautiful tale that sneaks into the reader’s heart . . . Not since Susie Salmon of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones has a ghostly narrator been as believable and empathetic.”San Antonio Express-News

“There’s much here to be savored and a great deal to be learned.”The Washington Post Book World
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Details
ISBN:
9781415939369
9781588366238
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work IDb5d60b33-2320-f530-5a29-9d7df5037a7b
Grouping Titlepeony in love
Grouping Authorlisa see
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-03-28 09:57:04AM
Last Indexed2024-03-28 09:58:56AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
See, Lisa
author_display
See, Lisa
available_at_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
detailed_location_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A complex period tapestry inscribed with the age-old tragedy of love and death.”—The New York Times Book Review

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”

In seventeenth-century China, in an elaborate villa on the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake, Peony lives a sheltered life. One night, during a theatrical performance in her family’s garden, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man and is immediately overcome with emotion. So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow, the living world and the afterworld. Eventually expelled from all she’s known, Peony is thrust into a realm where hungry ghosts wander the earth, written words have the power to hurt and kill, and dreams are as vivid as waking life. Lisa See’s novel, based on actual historical events, evokes vividly another time and place—where three generations of women become enmeshed in a dramatic story, uncover past secrets and tragedies, and learn that love can transcend death. Peony in Love will make you ache in heart and mind for young Peony and all the women of the world who want to be heard.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lisa See's Shanghai Girls.
Praise for Peony in Love
“Electrifying . . . a fascinating and often surprising story of women helping women, women hurting women and women misunderstanding each other.”The Miami Herald
“See mines an intriguing vein of Chinese history . . . weaving fact and fiction into a dense romantic tapestry of time and place as she meditates on the meaning of love, the necessity of self-expression and the influence of art.”Los Angeles Times

“A transporting read, to lost worlds earthly and otherwise.”Chicago Tribune

“A quietly beautiful tale that sneaks into the reader’s heart . . . Not since Susie Salmon of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones has a ghostly narrator been as believable and empathetic.”San Antonio Express-News

“There’s much here to be savored and a great deal to be learned.”The Washington Post Book World
format_aacpl
eAudiobook
eBook
format_category_aacpl
Audio Books
eBook
id
b5d60b33-2320-f530-5a29-9d7df5037a7b
isbn
9781415939369
9781588366238
last_indexed
2024-03-28T13:58:56.096Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_aacpl
Online OverDrive
owning_library_aacpl
Anne Arundel County Public Library Online
owning_location_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9781415939369
publishDate
2007
publisher
Books on Tape
Random House Publishing Group
recordtype
grouped_work
title_display
Peony in Love A Novel
title_full
Peony in Love A Novel
title_short
Peony in Love
title_sub
A Novel
topic_facet
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literature

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrive:381e97b6-7eaa-4dfe-9435-001b63cc54791Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveChecked Out
overdrive:381e97b6-7eaa-4dfe-9435-001b63cc5479-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook3falsetrueOverDriveChecked Out
overdrive:24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e1294-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeAudiobookAudio Books3falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e12941Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeAudiobookAudio Books1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrive:381e97b6-7eaa-4dfe-9435-001b63cc5479eBookeBookEnglishRandom House Publishing Group2007
overdrive:24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e1294eAudiobookAudio BooksEnglishBooks on Tape2007

scoping_details_aacpl

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
overdrive:381e97b6-7eaa-4dfe-9435-001b63cc54791Checked OutChecked Outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetrue
overdrive:381e97b6-7eaa-4dfe-9435-001b63cc5479-1Checked OutChecked Outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsefalse
overdrive:24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e1294-1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse
overdrive:24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e12941Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue