Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

A Novel

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

A Novel

  • 3.6 (8 ratings) ·
  • 36 Want to read
  • 9 Have read

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 ambitious local matchmaker who delivers some startling news: Lily is no ordinary girl. If they are bound properly, her feet will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinarily good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family.But first she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend. A girl will be chosen as her 'old-same' which is a relationship almost akin to marriage and treated with as much seriousness.Her 'old-same', Snow Flower, is a wonder to Lily. She comes from a refined family and is elegant, educated, but cannot suppress her adventurous streak. Even though their worlds are far apart and they rarely see one another, the two girls develop a deep bond through their letters written in nu shu which they paint on fans and embroider on handkerchiefs. As the years go by, Lily and Snow Flower share the burden of being born female in feudal China and find comfort in their friendship until they come of age to be married. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a story of two extraordinary women surviving in a time of strict rules and ancient customs. With the eye of a historian and the vibrancy of a true storyteller, Lisa See has written a truly mesmerizing novel filled with colour, fascinating detail and heartfelt drama.

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Pages
288

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011, Random House, Random House Trade Paperbacks
Cover of: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
May 26, 2009, Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2008, Bloomsbury Publishing
E-book in English
Cover of: Xue hua yu mi shan
Xue hua yu mi shan
2006, Gao bao shu ban ji tuan
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
February 21, 2006, Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback in English
Cover of: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
February 21, 2006, RH Audio
Audio CD in English - Abridged edition
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2005, Random House Publishing Group
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: a novel
2005, Random House
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan : A Novel
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First Sentence

"I AM WHAT THEY CALL IN OUR VILLAGE "ONE WHO HAS NOT yet died"-a widow, eighty years old."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
Weight
7.2 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8020845M
Internet Archive
snowflowersecre00seel
ISBN 10
0812968069
ISBN 13
9780812968064
Library Thing
20106
Goodreads
1103

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