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050	0	0	_aPS3569.E3334 _bL33 2024
100			_aSee, Lisa _eauthor. _925771
245	1	0	_aLady Tan's circle of women _b: a novel _c/ Lisa See.
250			_aFirst Scribner trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bScribner, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2023.
300			_a352 pages : _c21 cm.
500			_aIncludes topics and questions for discussion.
520			_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
650		0	_aMother and child. _925772
650		0	_aMidwives _vFiction.
650		0	_aWomen _zChina _xSocial conditions _y15th century _vFiction.
650		0	_aArranged marriage _vFiction _925566
650		0	_aSex role _vFiction.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 _vFiction.
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