Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a story of two extraordinary women surviving in a time of strict rules and ancient customs. With the eye of a historian and the vibrancy of a true storyteller, Lisa See has written a wonderfully mesmerising novel filled with colour, fascinating detail and heartfelt drama.
'Only the best novelists can do what Lisa See has done, to bring to life not only a character but an entire culture. An engrossing and completely convincing portrayal of a woman shaped by suffering and the friendship that helps her to survive
Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
'Achingly beautiful, a marvel of imagination of a real and secret world that has only recently disappeared. It is a story so mesmerising that away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end'
the pages float
Amy Tan
Magical haunting fiction'
'I was entranced by this wondrous book
Maxine Hong Kingston