![]() The characters are either all good or all bad. There are no shades of gray in this book. But the characters leave something to be desired. The foods, the colors, the smells, the textures are vivid. The world of the silk farms, the opium dens and the traders working out of Macao and Hong Kong are richly drawn. One the one had, the details of life in China during the period of 1910 to 1940 are incredible. Custom, and bad people who would make a profit off them, are against them all the way. In this place and time, it’s a hard road they travel. All three women are intent on becoming scholars, not the playthings of men. Horrible people seek to control their lives fortunately, good people shelter them, teach them, and give them hope. ![]() Set in rural China from the early 20th century to 1940, these women lead the hard lives of the poor and powerless. ![]() Fai’s novel presents us with three women: the concubine (who barely makes an appearance before dying giving birth), her daughter Li-Xia, and Li-Xia’s daughter Siu-Sing. ![]()
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