The Lotus Shoes
Jane Yang
Jan 2025 · Park Row Books · Narrated by Catherine Ho and Katharine Chin
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"Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." —Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
An empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.
1800s China. Tightly bound feet, or "golden lilies," are the mark of an honorable woman, eclipsing beauty, a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant—a muizai—to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that one day her golden lilies will lead her out of slavery.
Not only does Little Flower have bound feet, uncommon for a muizai, but she is extraordinarily gifted at embroidery, a skill associated with the highest class of a lady. Resentful of her talents, Linjing does everything in her power to thwart Little Flower's escape.
But when scandal strikes the Fongs, both women are cast out to the Celibate Sisterhood, where Little Flower’s artistic prowess catches the eye of a nobleman. His attention threatens not only her improved status, but her life—the Sisterhood punishes disobedience with death. And if Linjing finds out, will she sabotage Little Flower to reclaim her power, or will she protect her?
"Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." —Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
An empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary j...
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Heather Pearce
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May 10, 2025
This story held me captive from page one to the last page. While it was an audio book, I couldn't wait to get in the car and continue the story and find out what happened! It will not disappoint! I absolutely recommend this story!
About the author
Jane Yang was born in the Chineseenclave of Saigon and raised in Australia where she grew up on a diet of superstitionand family stories from Old China. Despite establishing a scientific career,first as a pharmacist and later in clinical research, she is still sometimestorn between modern, rational thinking and the pull of old beliefs in talespassed down through the family. She lives in Australia with her family.
Jane Yang was born in the Chineseenclave of Saigon and raised in Australia where she grew up on a diet of superstitionand family stories from Old China. Despite establishing a scientific career,first as a pharmacist and later in clinical research, she is still sometimestorn between modern, ration...
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