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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa See

Start date: December 17, 2011

Finish date: December 30, 2011

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Dec 12, 2011 Pragya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: around-the-world, 2011, china, favorites

I am finally done with 11 long hours of listening and I am still reeling from the aftertaste the book has left in my mouth. Heart wrenching yet appealing. Oh!

Right from the beginning, the book held me steadfast. The story of a 80 year old reminiscing about her life, and such an interesting one at that. I inhaled the smell of China, its history, foot-binding procedure and many other obligations one has to go through as a woman in China.

But my favorite part and character was Snow Flower - the jo ...more

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Jul 18, 2011 Kiessa rated it really liked it

Lisa See has a special way of writing about relationships between women. I was completely captivated by the concept of "old sames," and I wish I had one of my very own! :) ...more

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Dec 15, 2011 Tanya (mom's small victories) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, around-the-world-in-80-books-challe, china

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a wonderful story about the friendship between two women, laotongs, who endure a lifetime of trials and tribulations enduring the pressures of their culture and traditions during the 1800′s. I read this book as part of the Around the World in 80 Books Challenge and the Monthly Keyword Challenge for January.

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Lily and Snow Flower are two young girls when they first meet and make a deep, contracted commitment to be forever friends, or laotongs. While most ...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Nags rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-ebook, 2015

Goes really deep into the lives of two women who went through feed binding, arranged marriages, the relationship of laotang, kids, grandkids, etc. A good, emotionally rich read.

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