To tell the truth, I've had this book for a few years, purchased from Goodwill especially to share through BookCrossing, but I've always read other TBRs or rings/rays first. Now I'm registering it so that it will count for my "Reduce my TBR Mountain Challenge" in 2008. Otherwise, I may never allow myself to actually READ it!

July 31, 2009: 2008 Didn't happen. MAYBE 2009, but to be honest, that doesn't look promising, either!
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From the author's website www.LisaSee.com (Link) ... This absorbing novel – with a storyline unlike anything Lisa See has written before – takes place in 19th century China when girls had their feet bound, then spent the rest of their lives in seclusion with only a single window from which to see. Illiterate and isolated, they were not expected to think, be creative, or have emotions. But in one remote county, women developed their own secret code, nu shu (women's writing) the only gender-based written language to have been found in the world. Some girls were paired as "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 windows to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.
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July 12, 2010: Offered as part of Round 4 of the BROWSE OUR SHORT LIST RABCK OFFER (Click on this Link) ... and reserved for "oppem."
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August 18, 2010: Will start to read this tomorrow.
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Aug. 25, 2010: Finished this wonderful book, rich in description and sadness ... sent to 'oppem'

☺ Happy Traveling, Book!☺
♥ Happy Reading, Oppem! ♥

Thank you so much dove-i-Libri for sending this book to me as promised.... it was a lovely surprise when went for the post today. Loved all the amazing stamps on the package and am guessing the photo card inside the book might be of you & your family ???..
Again, many thanks - once read will send on yet another journey.

What an eye-opener.
I read Shanghai Girls a few months ago & found it OK / mediocre but nothing special.
SO, I postponed reading this book by Lisa See.
What a mistake - are they really both written by the same author I wonder ??!!..
This was an amazing read, totally different in all ways.
It was well constructed, engaging, informative and most of all gripping from beginning to end.
I will now look to read more of Lisa See's novels and can only hope they are more like Snow Flower & the Secret Fan as opposed to Shanghai Girls....

Oppem, the Bookcrosser who previously journalled this book, passed away on June 23, 2012. I had the privilege of meeting her dear family and "catching" her large collection of registered books. I will be releasing this one soon.

Releasing to a friend who lives in Hermiston, Oregon, USA.

To the finder of this book:

This book is gift, no strings attached, from me to you. You may keep it forever, pass it along to a friend, or release it into the wild to be found by someone else.

If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join us...it's free! If you do, please consider using me, elizardbreath, as your referring member. You can even remain anonymous if you wish!

I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey.

Thanks, and Happy BookCrossing! :)