Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Sitting Quietly Daughter Days: Milk Years Daughter Days: Footbinding Daughter Days: The Fan Daughter Days: Snow Flower Daughter Days: Love Daughter Days: Learning Hair-Pinning Days: Catching Cool Breezes Hair-Pinning Days: Beautiful Moon Hair-Pinning Days: The Flower-Sitting Chair Hair-Pinning Days: Truth Hair-Pinning Days: The Temple of Gupo Rice-and-Salt Days: Sons Rice-and-Salt-Days: Joy and Sorrow Rice-and-Salt Days: Into the Mountains Rice-and-Salt Days: Winter Rice-and-Salt Days: Letter of Vituperation Rice-and-Salt Days: Into the Clouds Sitting Quietly: Regret
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All Themes Women and Gender Love and Family Language, Storytelling, and Communication Pain, Suffering, and Coming of Age Chinese Culture and Tradition
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All Characters Lily Snow Flower Mama Aunt Madame Wang The Butcher / Snow Flower's Husband Elder Sister Third Sister Snow Flower's Mother Snow Flower's Father Yonggang
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All Symbols Birds and Flying Lily and Snow Flower's Fan Feet
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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