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FROM: "Mandy McGee" <[removed]@oppl.org>
REC'D: 5/1/03, 4:03 PM

Hello all! I have a patron who is looking for what she believes to be a novel by Pearl S. Buck about a peasant farm girl who is taken from her family and forced to become a
concubine. Later she ends up becoming an Empress in China. She says the character is very strong willed, which is why she becomes Empress. And she has a lot of help and support
from the eunuchs. After myself and one of my colleagues spent quite a bit of time consulting Novelist, Amazon, Buck criticism, and various other Fiction resources and were able to
find nothing for Buck, I really believe she is either mixing plots or has the wrong author in mind. Help?

Thanks ahead of time!

Mandy McGee
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, IL

FROM: "Susan LaBelle" <[removed]@baldwinlib.org>
REC'D: 5/1/03, 4:15 PM

I read this book a LONG TIME ago. I believe the title is Imperial Woman
and it is by Pearl S. Buck.

Susan LaBelle
Librarian, Adult Services
Baldwin Public Library
300 West Merrill
Birmingham, Michigan 48009

> Hello all! I have a patron who is looking for what she believes to be a
> novel by Pearl S. Buck about a peasant farm girl who is taken from her
> family and forced to become a concubine. Later she ends up becoming an
> Empress in China. She says the character is very strong willed, which is
> why she becomes Empress. And she has a lot of help and support from the
> eunuchs. After myself and one of my colleagues spent quite a bit of time
> consulting Novelist, Amazon, Buck criticism, and various other Fiction
> resources and were able to find nothing for Buck, I really believe she
> is either mixing plots or has the wrong author in mind. Help?
>
> Thanks ahead of time!
>
> Mandy McGee
> Oak Park Public Library
> Oak Park, IL
>
>
>
>
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Birmingham, Michigan 48009

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 5/1/03, 4:27 PM

Try Pearl Buck's IMPERIAL WOMAN.
The LOC summary reads:
TZU HSI WAS THE LAST RULING EMPRESS OF CHINA. IN THIS BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL, BUCK NARRATES "AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE FROM AVAILABLE SOURCES" THE LIFE OF THE WOMAN THE CHINESE CALLED "THE IMPERIAL WOMAN." THE AUTHOR COVERS TZU HSI'S LIFE FROM THE DAY SHE RECEIVED AN IMPERIAL SUMMONS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE EMPEROR TO HER DEATH IN 1908. BUCK ALSO DEPICTS LIFE WITHIN THE FORBIDDEN CITY .

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

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Hello all! I have a patron who is looking for what she believes to be a novel by Pearl S. Buck about a peasant farm girl who is taken from her family and forced to become a
concubine. Later she ends up becoming an Empress in China. She says the character is very strong willed, which is why she becomes Empress. And she has a lot of help and support
from the eunuchs. After myself and one of my colleagues spent quite a bit of time consulting Novelist, Amazon, Buck criticism, and various other Fiction resources and were able to
find nothing for Buck, I really believe she is either mixing plots or has the wrong author in mind. Help?

Thanks ahead of time!

Mandy McGee
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, IL

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FROM: "Dusty Gres" <[removed]@mail.toombs.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 5/1/03, 4:33 PM

"Imperial Woman," the story of the Dowager Empress of China, it is indeed by
Pearl Buck.

Dusty Gres, Director
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
610 Jackson Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
PH: (912) 537-9283
FAX: (912) 537-3735
EMAIL: [removed]@mail.toombs.public.lib.ga.us
WEB: http://www.toombs.public.lib.ga.us

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Hello all! I have a patron who is looking for what she believes to be a
novel by Pearl S. Buck about a peasant farm girl who is taken from her
family and forced to become a
concubine. Later she ends up becoming an Empress in China. She says the
character is very strong willed, which is why she becomes Empress. And she
has a lot of help and support
from the eunuchs. After myself and one of my colleagues spent quite a bit of
time consulting Novelist, Amazon, Buck criticism, and various other Fiction
resources and were able to
find nothing for Buck, I really believe she is either mixing plots or has
the wrong author in mind. Help?

Thanks ahead of time!

Mandy McGee
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, IL

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