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Red Lotus: A Rare Beauty. A Fierce Heart. A Destiny She Must Resist. Book
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Yip Mann, an elderly spice farmer, should have known better than to purchase a fifteen-year-old cherry-girl as his concubine, especially one beautiful enough to be seen as Ch'ien Gum - comparable to a thousand pieces of gold. But surely he deserves such a plaything to give him the last of his sons. To Yip Mann's dismay, the wilful concubine dies bearing him a worthless girl-child. After her death he must make use of the girl as best he can: by binding her feet in the forbidden practice of the Golden Lotus, he can sell her for a higher price. But the daughter he names Li-Xia - Beautiful One - has the fighting spirit of her rebellious mother, escaping the crippling bandages: she knows her feet will be her freedom. And when they lead her into the path of a mysterious 'foreign devil', Li-Xia takes the first steps on a new and perilous journey ...
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Red Lotus : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9780751538984 : 0751538981 : 31 Mar 2010 : A wonderfully evocative epic novel in the bestselling tradition of Memoirs of a Geisha. Beautifully written and exquisitely told, Red Lotus is a captivating tale of forbidden love, passion and courage.
- 0751538981
- 9780751538984
- Pai Kit Fai
- 22 March 2010
- Sphere
- Paperback (Book)
- 496
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