Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

In the waning years of the Qing Dynasty, elderly Lily recounts her life to a young woman who has come to visit her. Her story traces decades — from childhood in rural Hunan and an arranged marriage bond with Snow Flower that becomes a lifelong sisterhood, through the turmoil of the Taiping Rebellion, into adulthood where she falls for a man forbidden by convention. Told across two timelines (1903 and 1824), it is a sweeping portrait of female friendship, desire, and survival in a changing China.