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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel

by Lisa See

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Random House Trade Paperbacks (2006), Paperback, 288 pages

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  katiemertz | Nov 20, 2009 |
REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK!!! FOUND IT INTERESTING REGARDING THE HISTORY OF FOOT BINDING... SO RICH IN CULTURE AND HISTORY OF CHINESE WOMEN. ( )
  ricky2love | Nov 15, 2009 |
A story of two women surviving strict rules and ancient customs, a novel showing the detail of women's lives in a China of footbinding, nu shu ( a secret women's written language) and 'old-sames' (a more formal kind of kindred spirit) ( )
  JillianMcD | Nov 12, 2009 |
Our last meeting of the school year-June 09-was held in a Chinese restaurant. Several of us enjoyed this title enough to read the author's other book. Several of us have lived in Asia and better understood the cultural values and beliefs governing the character's actions and events. ( )
  Bibliofemmes | Nov 7, 2009 |
Excellent, excellent, excellent! The history, the story, the saga, her prose and writing - all wonderful! A must read! ( )
  HoladayB | Oct 18, 2009 |
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This book was recommended to me by an overseas friend.
I was expecting a warm story of enduring female friendship but I discovered so much more.
Heart-warming and heart-wrenching in equal measure. A friendship that survives personal and social differences and distances. Characters that turn out to be so different from what you first expect.
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I am what they call in our village "one who has not yet died" -- a widow, eighty years old.
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Snow Flower & Lily's friendship blossoms amoung the rocks of a high mountain. Very enjoyable!

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812968069, Paperback)

In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she’s painted a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on fans, compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together, they endure the agony of foot-binding, and reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.

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