China Doll de Talia Carner

China Doll

Talia Carner

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2006

A riveting journey to save one life. An American music icon, Nola Sands is on a concert tour in China when a baby is thrust into her arms. Resolved to save the infant from death in a Chinese orphanage, Nola finds herself on a collision course with her husband/manager, with her record label company's interests in China-and with the world's two superpowers determined to silence her. In a story of an adoptive parent's unwavering love, Nola's flight across China is a tale not only of human rights abuses running amok in an astonishingly picturesque land: It is the gripping self-discovery voyage of a woman coming into her own.

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Notă biografică

Talia Carner's first novel, PUPPET CHILD, was listed in The Top 10 Favorite First Novels 2002 (BookBrowse.com), received over 30 rave reviews from independent book reviewers, was awarded Carner the "Outstanding Author Award" (BookReviewCafe.com), and launched national legislation. Formerly spent years at Redbook Magazine, was the publisher of Savvy Woman magazine, and later a business consultant to Fortune 500, Carner has published over 30 award-winning personal essays and short stories.

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In a tale of passion and rescue, an abandoned Chinese infant drives an unwitting pop star to become a formidable heroine. In a stunning story that begins with passion and ends with victory, the edgy, lingering obsessions of the protagonist's past fuel her passion to save a Chinese baby are set against the kaleidoscopic sights, sounds and smells of China's main cities and the countryside. With strength and emotions, Carner highlights the thought-provoking, unthinkable personal sacrifices of individuals as the Chinese nation forfeits its glorious past and art in their many forms while struggling to feed itself and move forward.

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An American music icon, Nola Sands is on a concert tour in China when a baby is thrust into her arms. Resolved to save the infant from death in a Chinese orphanage, Nola finds herself on a collision course with her husband/manager, with her record label company's interests in China--and with the world's two superpowers determined to silence her.