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I͡Unai͡a Vaĭolet schitaet sebi͡a nastoi͡ashcheĭ amerikankoĭ, khoti͡a zhivet ne v SShA, a v Shankhae nachala XX veka, gde ee krasavit͡sa-matʹ, u kotoroĭ vechno net vremeni na dochku, upravli͡aet zavedeniem pod nazvaniem 'Taĭnyĭ nefritovyĭ putʹ' - 't͡svetochnym domom', obsluzhivai͡ushchim kak muzhchin-kitaĭt͡sev, tak i urozhent͡sev Zapada. Devochka, stradai͡a ot odinochestva, dni naprolet podsmatrivaet za kurtizankami, ne znai͡a, chto ee ozhidaet takai͡a zhe sudʹba, i mechtaet uznatʹ khotʹ chto-nibudʹ o svoem- ott͡se. No ispolnenie ėtoĭ mechty zapuskaet t͡sepʹ katastroficheskikh sobytiĭ. Mir Vaĭolet rushitsi͡a, i ona, vzroslei͡a i podchini͡ai͡asʹ surovym obstoi͡atelʹstvam, vynuzhdena sozdavatʹ novyĭ. Nastanet moment, i ona sumeet poni͡atʹ svoi͡u matʹ...

Young Violet considers herself a real American, although she does not live in the USA, but in Shanghai at the beginning of the XX century, where her beautiful mother, who always has no time for her daughter, runs an institution called The Secret Jade Way - a "flower house" serving both Chinese men and Westerners. The girl, suffering from loneliness, watches the courtesans all day long, not knowing that the same fate awaits her, and dreams of learning at least something about her father. But the fulfillment of this dream triggers a chain of catastrophic events. Violet's world is collapsing, and she, growing up and submitting to harsh circumstances, is forced to create a new one. The moment will come when she will be able to understand her mother...