Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | 
| Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  587 reviews
Sales Rank: 75967
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1400060281
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400060283
ASIN: 1400060281
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
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Condition: Moderate wear, to jacket, otherwise mild wear to the book
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Product Description
Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.
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.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.
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Lisa See is the author of Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 It is as beautifull as it can be sad, sometimes even funny. August 20, 2008
I have some facination for diferent cultures and lately I have beeing facinated with oriental culture and traditions. Lisa See has opened my eyes to study farther the Chinesse culture. Americans love beauty and fiction, its easier to read than history. This has help me to understand the beauty of woman sufering and how, even in a culture so diferent friendship can be everything for two woman. They live there lives as all of us, but there friendship is the center of there real love and there only escape from reality. Its amazing. I have read the Peony Pavelion. I was more facinated by Japanesse culture.... but now.. I am all about learning about chinnesse culture...
Mesmerizing Tale of Friendship and Tradition August 20, 2008
I borrowed this novel from the library with very low expectations. I doubted that I would enjoy it, because I did not think that I would find it intriguing to read about the Chinese experience for women. Was I ever wrong!!!!!!!! As a high school English teacher, I must admit that this is perhaps one of the best novels I have ever read. It is a beautiful and sometimes shocking story that I read in less than one day. I was mesmerized by the experiences of Lily and Snow Flower, I was shocked by the numerous & unexpected turn of events, and I cried at the end. Everyone should read this compelling and beautiful novel. FANTASTIC!!!
 A beautiful tale of love and friendship August 7, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and thought it was a beautiful tale that was well written. I'd recommend this book to most women - guys might be a little flustered with it.
Snow flower was pure honest relationship writing August 6, 2008
I enjoyed learning about the culture and the women of China. This book was inspiring and gave light to a rather hidden life of a Chinese woman and her BFF.
good purchase August 4, 2008
this book came on a recommendation and it was a good book and i'm glad that the price was cheap
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