This pleasant novel to read let us discover through the eyes of a little girl's life a Chinese peasant 19th century. It must first face the fact that she is a girl, plus a source of concern and frustration for his parents ... then face alternately foot binding and a marriage "forced" to its social mobility ... Fortunately there was his Lao Tong "soul mate" with whom she shares a symbiotic friendship. It's a beautiful story both moving and informative ... I really hesitated between 4 or 5 stars ...
