The Lotus Shoes: A Novel

"[E]xpert plotting and nuanced historical details result in an exceptional story that enchants from the first page to the last.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED Review "Brilliantly written masterful storytelling and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very very long time." — Heather Morris #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz An empowering uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood betrayal love and triumph. 1800s China. Tightly bound feet or "golden lilies " are the mark of an honorable woman eclipsing beauty a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant—a muizai —to Linjing a daughter of the prominent Fong family she clings to the hope that one day her gol