Lady Tan's circle of women
(Large Print)
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Bucyrus Library - Adult Large Print
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1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bucyrus Library - Adult Large Print | SEE | Available |
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Arcanum Library - Large Print Area | LP F SEE 7/23 | Available |
Community Library (Sunbury) - Large Print | LP FIC See | Checked out |
Worch Memorial Library - Large print fiction | LP F See | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction.
Arranged marriage -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Married women -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Mothers-in-law -- Fiction.
Sex role -- China -- Fiction.
Women -- China -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
Arranged marriage -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Married women -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Mothers-in-law -- Fiction.
Sex role -- China -- Fiction.
Women -- China -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
More Details
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
549 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Regular print version previously published by Scribner.
General Note
"A novel" on cover.
General Note
Includes author's note with background information.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"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, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights." --,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
See, L. (2023). Lady Tan's circle of women (Center Point Large Print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. 2023. Lady Tan's Circle of Women. Thorndike, Maine: Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. Lady Tan's Circle of Women Thorndike, Maine: Center Point Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)See, Lisa. Lady Tan's Circle of Women Center Point Large Print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2023.
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