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Lisa See
(Random House; $13.95)
Two-young girls in 19th Century rural China become laotang, "old sames", and take the reader on a tour of the traditions and rites of their worlds. See writes with amazing intensity, clarity and love for her characters and as a reader you'll mourn that this wonderful book will have to end. Your heart aches as each toe of the young girl's bound feet break; your body tenses with fear as the political winds of change blow in and out of provinces and you shed tears and share laughs as the young girls grow through every stage of life.
This is first and foremost a lovingly crafted novel about 19th Century China and the relatively unknown world of women in the household. A perfect selection for a book club; a good fit for anyone over the age of 14 and definitely a book that women and men should pick up and devour.
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