03116cam a2200349 4500 590811108 TxAuBib 20220525120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781415939369 1415939365 24d589bb-11cf-4d5d-83cd-3f041c1e1294 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 133421 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib See, Lisa. Peony in Love [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 362MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 362MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn, only regret.”<br /></b><br /> For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own.<br /> <br /> Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production. But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet even hidden from view, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man–and is immediately overcome with emotion.<br /> <br /> So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow, as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes listeners back to seventeenth-century China. Steeped in traditions and ritual, PEONY IN LOVE explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love, and ultimately, addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-24 20:00:02. Song, Janet. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/133421-PeonyInLove.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/133421-PeonyInLove.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=24D589BB-11CF-4D5D-83CD-3F041C1E1294&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/133421-PeonyInLove.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/133421-PeonyInLove.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=24D589BB-11CF-4D5D-83CD-3F041C1E1294&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)