Ebook {Epub PDF} Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a triumph on every level, a beautiful, heartbreaking story.” — Washington Post “A beautifully composed work.” — Boston Globe “See’s translucent prose style gleams with the beauty of 19th century Chinese culture but also makes us burn with indignation at its sexist ugliness and injustice. Snow Flower is one of Good Housekeeping’s 10 Fictional Babes We’d Like You to Read This Summer. “A longing for connection is at the disciplined heart of Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, a novel set in a remote province of 19th-century China. For Lily and Snow Flower, lifelong friends and prisoners of domestic tradition, the coded women’s language of nu shu was “a means for our bound . Amy Tan Lisa See has written her best book yet. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is achingly beautiful, a marvel of imagination of a real and secret world that has only recently disappeared. It is a story so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by. Lisa See. 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. Read the world's #1 book summary of Snow Flower And The Secret Fan by Lisa See, Janet Song, et al here. Read a brief 1-Page Summary or watch video summaries curated by our expert team. Note: this book guide is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publisher or author, and we always encourage you to purchase and read the full book. We're thrilled to be hosting another book talk with author Lisa See. Join us in chatting with the author about The New York Times-bestselling novel, Snow Flo.

Amy Tan Lisa See has written her best book yet. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is achingly beautiful, a marvel of imagination of a real and secret world that has only recently disappeared. It is a story so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end. SNOW FLOWER LISA SEE AND THE SECRET FAN A Novel. This is a work of historical fiction. Apart from the well-known actual people, events, and locales that figure in. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a novel by Lisa See set in nineteenth-century China. In rural Hunan province, a county in China, Lily and her friend Snow Flower are a laotong pair whose sisterly relationship is far stronger and closer than a husband and wife's.