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I listened to the audio version of this book, narrated by Janet Song. I'm torn with my rating for this book. I found it quite interesting, although the narration was fairly straightforward and sleep-inducing. But that could partially be because she was representing the main character, a true Chinese woman of the times--quiet and obedient and subservient. Lily looks back at her life, from being a child in a poor province, having her feet bound, growing up with a Laotong relationship (old same or
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Interesting subject matter for non-fiction, but a boring novel. The characters were flat and the story was plain.
Jan 12, 2017
Madge
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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 quite a while to get through this, but by the end I think I was enjoying it. Or maybe "enjoying" is the wrong word... I was invested in finishing might be a more accurate description of how I felt by the ...more
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 quite a while to get through this, but by the end I think I was enjoying it. Or maybe "enjoying" is the wrong word... I was invested in finishing might be a more accurate description of how I felt by the ...more
In nineteenth-century China, a girl named Lily, is matched with a laotong, or "old same," a friendship bond that will last a lifetime. Snow Flower, Lily's laotong, comes from a wealthy family that falls on hard times. Lily is a farmer's daughter that rises to wealth. Both girls endure foot binding. A fan carries messages between the two as they live their separate lives. They share a secret women's writing, endure arranged mothers, loneliness and motherhood. Then a misunderstanding creates a rif
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Mar 16, 2011
Gen
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May 30, 2011
Butterflycager
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Jun 01, 2011
Jessica
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Dec 27, 2011
Kari
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Mary Bronson
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Athena Macmillan
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Mary!
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Christi Reynard
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