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Edition · 2008-07-03 · Softcover

Miss Chopsticks

XXinran
2008
year of publication
272
pages
English (United Kingdom)
language
Softcover
cover
Publisher
Vintage
ISBN-13
978-00-9950-153-4
EAN
9780099501534
Publication date
2008-07-03
Book
Miss Chopsticks · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition

Sisters Three, Five and Six don't have much education, but they know two things for certain: their mother is a failure because she hasn't produced a son, and they only merit a number as a name. Women, their father tells them, are like chopsticks: utilitarian and easily broken. But when they leave their home in the countryside to seek their fortune in the big city, their eyes are suddenly and shockingly opened. Together they find jobs, make new friends, and learn more than a few lessons about life...