Josie Bailey’s Reviews > Snow Flower and the Secret Fan > Status Update

“Her words both frightened and exhilarated me. She was clever. She had much more learning than I did. But this was not the scary part. andin every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.”

“I was a third child, a second worthless girl, too little to waste time on. She looked at me the way all mothers look at their daughters-as a temporary visitor who was another mouth to feed and a body to dress until I went to my husband‘s home. I yearned for her to look at me and talk to me the way she did with Elder Brother.