Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Paperback

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Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer and, to her family, she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, she now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. But a bitter reversal of luck is about to change everything.