Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See

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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 footb inding, 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.