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020 $a1400060281 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPS3569.E3334$bS66 2005
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100 1 $aSee, Lisa.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89005154
245 10 $aSnow flower and the secret fan :$ba novel /$cLisa See.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c2005.
300 $a258 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames," in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments." "With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, 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 lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aReminiscing in old age$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110352
650 0 $aFemale friendship$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103512
650 0 $aWomen$zChina$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118817
650 0 $aMarried women$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107257
650 0 $aOlder women$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108600
650 0 $aFootbinding$vFiction.
650 0 $aChildbirth$vFiction.
650 0 $aSecrecy$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111365
651 0 $aChina$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100537
655 7 $aPsychological fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026492
655 7 $aDomestic fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026295
852 00 $bbar$hPS3569.E3334$iS66 2005
852 00 $bglx$hPS3569.E3334$iS66 2005