See, Lisa. <br/><br/>
Snow flower and the secret fan :  a novel  
Lisa See. 
 - Trade paperback ed. 
 - New York :  Random House,  2006, c2005. 
 - 269 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes Reader's guide (p. 261-269) 
<br/><br/> In nineteenth century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or "old same," in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The two women exchange messages written on silk fans and handkerchieves  using nu shu, a unique language that women created in order to communicate in secret, sharing their experiences, but when a misunderstanding arises, their friendship threatens to tear apart. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0812968069  13.95 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780812968064 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reminiscing in old age--Fiction.<br/>Female friendship--Fiction.<br/>Women--China--Fiction.<br/>Married women--Fiction.<br/>Older women--Fiction.<br/>Footbinding--Fiction.<br/>Childbirth--Fiction.<br/>Secrecy--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Psychological fiction.<br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3569.E3334 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54