Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong

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'Splendidly entertaining.' The Times
'Lively and admiring.' Telegraph
'The biography that Wong has long deserved.' Guardian

Set against the glittering backdrop of LA in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and during the rise of Hollywood, Not Your China Doll celebrates Anna May Wong - the groundbreaking artist and first Asian American movie star - and reclaims her place in cinema history. From fighting being typecast in roles in America to garnering critical acclaim in Europe, Anna May demanded the world see her as she truly was: an enchanting actress, legendary beauty, witty conversationalist and fashion icon, redefining Asian American representation in film.

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Katie Gee Salisbury is a writer and she has spoken about Anna May Wong on MSNBC and has written about her for the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She was a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship finalist, she's given the TED Talk "As American as Chop Suey," and she speaks at the Museum of Chinese in America, Columbia, and NYU. She is a fifth-generation Chinese American and lives in Brooklyn. This is her debut book.