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Summary: Great Book
Review: This was a great book that I loved all the way through. I read it very fast, partly because it's only a young adult book and partly because it is so good. It gave a great portrayal of the times back then, and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Couldn't Put It Down
Review: Ties That Bind, Ties That Break begins with a proluoge of Ailin, a twenty-year-old wife of the owner of a San Fransisco resuraunt. As she is busily working, a man comes in whom she recognises as her former fiancee. This brings her thoughts back to her childhood, when she lived in Naijing, China. As a daughter of a wealthy family, she is required to follow the tradtion of foot binding, a process hwere the foot is ties tightly with strips of cloth to deform it and make it smaller. Knowing this will prevent her from running, or even walking normally again, she refuses to allow the procedure. Her decision results in her engagement been broken off, and shaming of her family. Ailin's life then becomes hard, leaving ehr to forge her own destiny in an unwelcoming world.This story is written with amazing detail, emotion, and sense of reality. It brings to life the hardships of the thousands of women that had bound feet, and the few who resisted the cruel practice. As you get caught up in the story, you will forget all else. I highly reccommend this book to anyone looking for a realistic fiction novel.
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