Lily is an elderly matriarch of the Tongkou village who is preoccupied by reflections of her past. Author Lisa See takes the reader on a moving journey through China’s history as Lily recalls the prejudices and hardships of a female in China when she was a girl. Sara Peyton of the San Francisco Chronicle praises See’s “fluid language” and charming blend of action, history and emotion in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Lisa See is the author of the novel Flower Net and the memoir On Gold Mountain. See was the Organization of Chinese American Women’s 2001 National Woman of the Year. Random House is the publisher of this novel.
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