Let's see if I can form coherent sentences yet (I've had the flu and I still feel awful)...I've wanted to read something by Lisa See for a long time, and I finally decided to do it back in December. So, I read some reviews of a few of her books and eventually chose this one to start. It took me quit...
This book made me feel sick. The description of the foot binding. Ugh. It's sickening. Even worse than corsets.I also found myself becoming frustrated with Lily's constant insistence that she was in the wrong in her actions toward Snow Flower. She was wrong at times, but Snow Flower was also wrong a...
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is essentially the story of two women and their sworn friendship in 19th century China. I was both captivated and horrified by the life that these woman, and the others around them, had to endure. I’ve not read many books based in Chinese historical fiction, but I’ve r...
This book is lovely. Simply lovely.We follow Snow Flower and Lily, pledged in a lifelong laotong friendship from the early days of their foot binding. Through growing up, betrothal, marriage, children, love, war, and loss they share their lives and their secrets, until misunderstanding and pride t...
It just took me a day to read this book, I found this to be a very bittersweet story all about the friendship between two women in China in the late 1800s.
I added this book to my to-read list back in December 2007 shortly after joining goodreads. Now, almost four years later, I finally can say I read it. I don't really know why it took so long for me to read this. I live relatively close to the library, thus it is really easy to go get a book. I would...
Oh, God. What do I even say about this book? Fascinating look at the brutal lives of women in a remote county of China, compelling relationships between women, whatever. I'm GUTTED. This novel drew me in really quickly and I couldn't even tell you what exactly about it got to me but I became really ...
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