Lady Tan's circle of women

Belletristik

• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften
• DR.H : Belletristik : Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen : Historische Romane

Verfasser:
See, Lisa

Verfasser Angabe:
Lisa See

Sprache:
Englisch

• China
• Englisch
• Freundschaft
• Zeichen
• Historischer Roman
• Medizin
• Gesellschaft
• Tradition

Verlag:
Scribner

Erscheinungsort:
New York

Jahr:
2023

Umfang:
352 S.

Auflage:
1. Aufl.

Fußnote:
Text: Englisch

ISBN:
978-1-398-52606-8

Interessenskreise:
American Literature

Inhalt:
From one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China - perfect for fans of Lisa See's classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.

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.

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