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Synopsis
When her husband dies, Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service. Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this powerful and compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in China, a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water'.Book Details
Published
June 6, 2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages
224
ISBN
9780747571469