Beautiful As Yesterday, Wu Fan

Автор: Springer Nancy
Название: The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes Mystery
ISBN: 0142415170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142415177
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Enola is thrown into a tailspin when she receives a desperate message from her old friend, Lady Cecily. Enola knows she must help her friend before it s too late but she doesn t know how This complicated case has Enola hunting down clues all over London until she finally discovers the awful truth: Lady Cecily is being held prisoner Enola must risk her own freedom and join forces with her brother, the famed Sherlock Holmes, to free Cecily. Can Enola trust her brother, and can they save Cecily in time?

Автор: Holt Victoria
Название: India Fan
ISBN: 1402277431 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402277436
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Описание: From Victorian England to then-colony India, India Fan centers on Druscilla Delaney, a parson`s daughter, in thrall to the wealthy Framling family. Druscilla becomes the reluctant friend to the arrogant Framling daughter, Lucia, who constantly requires rescuing from her own rash decisions.

Автор: Dibdin Michael
Название: Cosi Fan Tutti
ISBN: 0571270840 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571270842
Издательство: Faber
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Описание: Inspector Zen has been posted to Naples in disgrace, where he is asked to oversee the clean-up of the city`s corrupt authorities. Like the rest of Italy, Naples is concerned about its image and is trying to reform itself. Zen, however, finds that someone else is already at work.

Автор: See Lisa
Название: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
ISBN: 0812980352 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812980356
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Lily is haunted by memories-of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.

In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames," in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.

With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.