Lady Tan's Circle Of Women

Synopsis

'despite the inordinate limits placed on women, see allows their strengths to dominate their stories' washington post'poignant. Quietly affecting' time'emotional and illuminating' bookpagein 15th century china two women are born under the same sign, the metal snake. But life will take the friends on very different paths. According to confucius, ‘an educated woman is a worthless woman’, but tan yunxian – born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separation and loneliness – is being raised by her grandparents to be of use.