02925cam a2200349 i 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003202000150007302000180008803500170010604000670012304100120019005000270020210000300022924500570025925000440031626400370036026400120039730000240040950000500043352017490048365000290223265000230226165000600228465000380234465000230238265100540240594200080245995200930246799900150256010504935CaAEU20251014175101.0231021t20242023nyu    e      000 1 eng d  a1982117095  a9781982117092  aon1405187017  aYDXbengcYDXdBDXdYZSdOCLCOdFM0dOCLCOdFM0dMUXdIKGdTSU  aEnglish00aPS3569.E3334bL33 2024  aSee, Lisaeauthor.92577110aLady Tan's circle of women b: a novel c/ Lisa See.  aFirst Scribner trade paperback edition. 1aNew York, NY :bScribner,c2024. 4c©2023.  a352 pages :c21 cm.  aIncludes topics and questions for discussion.  a"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, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan's Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today."--Provided by the publisher 0aMother and child.925772 0aMidwivesvFiction. 0aWomenzChinaxSocial conditionsy15th centuryvFiction. 0aArranged marriagevFiction925566 0aSex rolevFiction. 0aChinaxHistoryyMing dynasty, 1368-1644vFiction.  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-08-26l0oP-EN SEEpB07691r2025-08-26t1w2025-08-26y1  c4869d4869