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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See
★★★★· Published 2005· 269 pages
A deep female friendship in 19th-century China, written in a secret women's language. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
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Linked stories tracing two Taiwanese American friends across years and coasts. Quietly a love story about friendship.