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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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Sally Grindley
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 223
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, A. & C. Black, Can Çocuk Yayinlari
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- tur, English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9789750707889
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