DESCRIPTION : 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 . . . PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780751538984 BY (AUTHOR) Fai, Pai Kit PUBLISHER : Little, Brown Book Group PUBLICATION DATE : March 22, 2010 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Sphere LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 185 mm WEIGHT : 322 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items
