She literally karate kicks one of her would-be patrons in the nose. What makes this a bit easier to read is that Xiang Xiang/Precious Orchid is not passive. The rest of the beginning is Xiang Xiang getting groomed to auction off her innocence, just like in MoaG. I bet they don't make hallmark cards for that. And this forces Xiang Xiang's mother into monkhood, and she basically just donates Xiang Xiang to a brothel. The book literally starts out with Xiang Xiang's father being unfairly tried and murdered by a warlord who was abusing and subsequently killed his own daughter, and then thought, hey I think I'll frame that one guy. There is graphic sexual and physical violence. Today I'm going to be telling you all about PEACH BLOSSOM PAVILION, a sort of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA-esque story about a woman's rise, fall, and escape from a brothel in China.įirst off, a caveat: this book is NOT for the faint of heart. Obviously you should read diversely year-round but there's always a couple books that slip by me, so I thought I'd try to binge through them. It's AAPI month and I've been trying to read as many Asian-authored books on my Kindle as possible.
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