My Several Worlds [Hardcover]

Pearl S. Buck (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899669875
• ISBN-13: 978-0899669878
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,298,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pearl Buck's genuine humanity bridges east west gap-incredib, October 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Several Worlds (Hardcover)

Pearl Buck sensitively bridges the gap between the US and Asia as she explains her life's experience living in China during the Communist Revolution where the ideas for her books were born. An incredible book for women ! Pearl is like a pillar of strenghth. As a Woman, mother, and Christian; she finds hope and faith and compassion in times of dispair. Her reports and biography are intellectually satisfying. A must read...perfect snowy day book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Nobel Prize winning author's memoirs, November 29, 2003

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This review is from: My Several Worlds (Hardcover)

Not a chronological autobiography, "My Several Worlds" is exactly that--Pearl Buck, born in the US, raised in China, tells us about her life abroad and at home. Her missionary parents took her to China as a small child, and she traveled the world later. She only hints at very personal and painful events: the birth of her daughter with PKU (Phenylketonuria, a disease that causes retardation if not controlled with a special diet--unknown at that time) and a divorce as well. We do learn about the founding of her Amerasian orphan adoption agency, placing the unwanted children of Korean women and American soldiers, about her Nobel Prize for "The Good Earth", and about life in China from the end of the Boxer Rebellion and the reign of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi to the republic of Chiang Kai-Shek before the Communist Revolution.

If you have read any of Pearl Buck's novels, this is a must-read to provide valuable background for the author's life.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She truly did live in interesting times..., December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Several Worlds (Hardcover)

Put away your history texts and listen to a first-hand account of worldwide drama unfolding at the most interesting period of this century. A most engrossing and enlightening tale.