Red Lotus: A Rare Beauty. A Fierce Heart. A Destiny She Must Resist.
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Yip Mann, an elderly spice farmer, should have known better than to purchase a fifteen-year-old cherry-girl as his concubine, especially one beautiful enough to be seen as Ch'ien Gum - comparable to a thousand pieces of gold. But surely he deserves such a plaything to give him the last of his sons. To Yip Mann's dismay, the wilful concubine dies bearing him a worthless girl-child. After her death he must make use of the girl as best he can: by binding her feet in the forbidden practice of the Golden Lotus, he can sell her for a higher price. But the daughter he names Li-Xia - Beautiful One - has the fighting spirit of her rebellious mother, escaping the crippling bandages: she knows her feet will be her freedom. And when they lead her into the path of a mysterious 'foreign devil', Li-Xia takes the first steps on a new and perilous journey
Bookclub July 2012
Bookclub July 2012
Good read, well written and certainly well researched. The author made that period of time in China really come to life. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Journal Entry 3 by kinedi at Biblos, Chambers Street in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (7/4/2013 UTC) at Biblos, Chambers Street in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
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July Meet Up
Picked this up at the monthly Edinburgh meetup.