Bound Feet And Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang

Bound Feet And Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang

After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pang-Mei, a first-generation Chinese-American, paints this unforgettable saga of a woman, born in Shanghai at the turn of the century to a well-to-do family, who continually defied the expectations of her class and culture. 'In China, a woman is nothing,' began Yu-i over tea and dumplings. 'This is the first lesson I want to give so that you will understand.' Growing up in the perilous years between the fall of the last Emperor and the Communist Revolution, Yu-i led a life marked by a series of rebellions that changed the course of her life, including the first and most lasting: her refusal to have her feet bound. And as Yu-i confides her innermost dreams and demons to her great-niece in this dual memoir, the deeply textured portrait of a woman's life in China is blended with the very Western story of a young woman's search for identity and belonging.

'Exquisite..This is an enthralling tale of a woman who achieved independence despite great odds' * Publishers Weekly *
'Ms Chang [tells] her story with unassuming delicacy...A touching, bittersweet evocation of China' * The New York Times *
A rich, evocative memoir * People *
A gripping, candid dual memoir * South China Morning Post *

Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was raised in Connecticut. She practised law in New York City before moving to Moscow, where she currently resides with her husband. Bound Feet & Western Dress is her first book.

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ISBN 13	9780857502728
ISBN 10	0857502727
Title	Bound Feet And Western Dress
Author	Pang-Mei Natasha Chang
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2014-07-21
Number of pages	224
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