The concubine's daughter /
Fai, Pai Kit, 1929-
The concubine's daughter / Pai Kit Fai. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. - 471, [13] p. ; 21 cm.
Includes "Reading Group Gold" section (p. [2-13], and reading group guide (p. [12-13]).
Li-Xia, the daughter of a young concubine to an old silk farmer in rural Chine, escapes her destiny of becoming a concubine by outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and running away with an English sea captain, and takes her first steps towards fulfilling her mother's dream of becoming a scholar.
0312355211 9780312355210
2009012527
Women--Social conditions--China--Fiction.
China--Social life and customs--Fiction.
The concubine's daughter / Pai Kit Fai. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. - 471, [13] p. ; 21 cm.
Includes "Reading Group Gold" section (p. [2-13], and reading group guide (p. [12-13]).
Li-Xia, the daughter of a young concubine to an old silk farmer in rural Chine, escapes her destiny of becoming a concubine by outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and running away with an English sea captain, and takes her first steps towards fulfilling her mother's dream of becoming a scholar.
0312355211 9780312355210
2009012527
Women--Social conditions--China--Fiction.
China--Social life and customs--Fiction.