Would recommend: Probably

I think Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a very good novel about a China that is all but gone. The scenes that foot-binding and camaraderie between women are really vivid, and I wanted to keep reading. Overall, I thought it was a sad book. Even though this part of China is not part of its modern persona, a lot of the deep-seated cultural aspects linger. The most poignant one to me pertained to the attitude toward daughters, often referred to as "useless branches."