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Snow Flower and the Secret FanAuthor: Lisa SeeISBN: 9781408821626 Imprint: Bloomsbury Pb Binding: pbk Featured in the February, 2012 magazine Add this book to your reading list |
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Publisher's synopsis:Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.
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Snow Flower and the Secret FanAuthor: Lisa SeeISBN: 9781408821626 Imprint: Bloomsbury Binding: Pbk Add this book to your reading list |
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Publisher's synopsis:An old woman tells of her relationship with her 'old-same', their arranged marriages, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood - until a terrible misunderstanding written on their secret fan threatens to tear them apart. With the detail and emotional resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan delves into one of the most mysterious and treasured relationships of all time - female friendship. Category:Fiction General Fiction |
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