Lady Tan's circle of women : a novel / Lisa See.
"According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian -- born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness -- is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations -- looking, listening, touching, and asking -- something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women's illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose -- despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it -- and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other's joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife -- embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights." -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781638087748
- ISBN: 1638087741
- Physical Description: 549 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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General Note: | Regular print version previously published by Scribner. Includes author's note with background information. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Tan, Yunxian, approximately 1461-1554 > Fiction. Grandparents > China > Fiction. Grandmothers > China > Fiction. Women > China > Fiction. Women physicians > China > Fiction. Midwives > Fiction. Arranged marriage > Fiction. Mothers-in-law > Fiction. Sex role > China > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Historical fiction. |
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Marion County Library | LP F SEE (Text) | PPL83503 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |