Lisa See

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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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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351 printed pages
Publication year
2006
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  • Лика Меликсетянhas quoted3 years ago
    The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.
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    You see, I still didn’t understand that you cannot control the manifestations of love, nor can you change another person’s destiny.
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    Yue-qing Yang’s evocative documentary, Nu-shu: A Hidden Language of Women in China,

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