Snow Flower and the Secret Fan By Lisa See Material:Hard Cover When an unexpected inheritance forces

When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together

creating metaphors

truly be the one to reunite the fractured houses and bring about peace

In This Too Shall Pass

Amid an onslaught of struggle and change

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan By Lisa See Material:Hard Cover When an unexpected inheritance forcesIn nineteenth century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, old same, in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which shes painted a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send