01573nam a2200397u 4500 63516218 OCoLC 20190501164503.0 ta 100121r20062005nyu 000 f eng d 0812968069 13.95 9780812968064 JZ6 JZ6 BAKER CWJ CWJA PS3569.E3334 813/.54 22 See, Lisa. Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel Lisa See. Trade paperback ed. New York : Random House, 2006, c2005. 269 p. ; 21 cm. Includes Reader's guide (p. 261-269) 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. Reminiscing in old age Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Women China Fiction. Married women Fiction. Older women Fiction. Footbinding Fiction. Childbirth Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. China Fiction. Psychological fiction. lcsh. Domestic fiction. lcsh. 2 1877 1877 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2016-10-25 1 SEE 11555 2023-03-14 2023-02-22 13.95 2016-10-25 BOOK