here’s how the women of china lived and made a space for themselves in their own patriarchal society.
— “the eighteen changes of a girl between childhood and adulthood.”
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Not sure how contemporary your choices go, but wondering about Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie Chang?
ty for the rec!! i'd definitely like to add more contemporary stuff, but my interests so far in books have leaned more towards the classical/older eras, so i don't have a lot of them here yet lol
i'm feeling real spiteful after reading @dorouu's review of lady tan's circle of women lmao
I'm here for it. Thank you sm for compiling this.
Does Wild swans count in this list?? Haven't read it but heard it's about three daughters of China.
yeah i was gonna add it!
Oh didn't realise you were just adding books to the list!! 🙃 More than 50!!! That's impressive
ty haha i'm done for now though! lmk if you have any more recs
Saved it already!!! Thanks for making this list 😍😍