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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Lisa See |
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer in Yongming County, and to her family is just another mouth to feed until she can be married off. But when she is six years old she is brought before the ambit… |
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The hunting of the last dragon
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Sherryl Jordan |
In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon. |
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Bound feet blues
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Yang-May Ooi |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY: LITERARY. Bound Feet Blues is the very personal story of bestselling novelist and acclaimed performer Yang-May Ooi. A groundbreaking and wonderfully unconventional memoir, Bound Feet B… |
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Every Step a Lotus
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Dorothy Ko |
"In Every Step a Lotus, Dorothy Ko embarks on a fascinating exploration of the practice of footbinding in China, explaining its origins, purpose, and spread before the nineteenth century. She uses wo… |
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The binding chair, or, A visit from the Foot Emancipation Society
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Kathryn Harrison |
In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shang… |
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