Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThis book takes place in nineteenth-century China. It is the story of a friendship between two Chinese women who send messages to one another on a silk fan. Their bond grows until a misunderstanding occurs that threatens to tear their friendship apart.
This book looked pretty sitting on a shelf in Chapters so I decided to judge it by its cover and pick it up at my local library. Let's see if it's as pretty inside as it is outside.
4 comments:
Has anyone else heard of footbinding before?! I was so horrified I thought it surely had to be some fictional practice, and then my horror was magnified when I researched the history behind it (and saw the images).
I thought it quite ironic I wanted to discover how "pretty" this book was, only to be met with a brutal description of the lengths taken for beauty.
I had heard of footbinding before... it is very horrifying. It's akin to other mutilation practices, I would say.
This book was a very intriguing look in to historic Chinese women's culture... I would it very intriguing.
JiLL.
"found" it very intriguing...(oops)
J.
I found this book to be very interesting read and learned a lot about how devalued women were (and may still be) in the Chinese culture. I found it shocking that even women treated other women as lesser beings.
I am glad that the practice of footbinding has stopped because it takes away women's freedom and makes them rely on men for their survival.
What a great first choice for our book club.
Stephanie
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