Miss Chopsticks
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Boekentrol from Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Synopsis:
"The Li sisters don’t have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn’t managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Women, their father tells them, are like chopsticks: utilitarian and easily broken. Men, on the other hand, are the strong rafters that hold up the roof of a house.
Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. While Three contributes to the success of a small restaurant, Five and Six learn new talents at a health spa and a bookshop/tearoom. And when the money they earn starts arriving back at the village, their father is forced to recognize that daughters are not so dispensable after all.
As the Li sisters discover Nanjing, so do we: its past, its customs and culture, and its future as a place where people can change their lives."
"The Li sisters don’t have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn’t managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Women, their father tells them, are like chopsticks: utilitarian and easily broken. Men, on the other hand, are the strong rafters that hold up the roof of a house.
Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. While Three contributes to the success of a small restaurant, Five and Six learn new talents at a health spa and a bookshop/tearoom. And when the money they earn starts arriving back at the village, their father is forced to recognize that daughters are not so dispensable after all.
As the Li sisters discover Nanjing, so do we: its past, its customs and culture, and its future as a place where people can change their lives."
Journal Entry 2 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Sunday, April 1, 2018
A wonderful book, telling the story of three sisters that leave their village to go work in the big city.
The total strangeness of city life, differences in language and ways of treating each other, all the items that city people use seen through the eyes of these three girls.
Reading this book never bored me, I found it interesting and at times also funny.
It was nice to read more about the fate of the girls who were models to Three, Five and Six, although I (foolishly probably) had hoped for a better ending.
The total strangeness of city life, differences in language and ways of treating each other, all the items that city people use seen through the eyes of these three girls.
Reading this book never bored me, I found it interesting and at times also funny.
It was nice to read more about the fate of the girls who were models to Three, Five and Six, although I (foolishly probably) had hoped for a better ending.
Journal Entry 3 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Saturday, April 7, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (4/20/2018 UTC) at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands
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When going through my books in preparation for the Convention, I found this book that happens to be on your wishlist. The decision to take it with me was quickly made :-)
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When going through my books in preparation for the Convention, I found this book that happens to be on your wishlist. The decision to take it with me was quickly made :-)
I hope you like the book!
Happy BookCrossing!
Thank you for this wishlist book! ApolloniaX gave me Good Women of China at a convention a couple of years ago and I really loved it. I look forward to reading this.
