Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Snow flower and the secret fan (Record no. 46396)

MARC details
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fixed length control field 010450000a22002170004500
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2006272888
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0812968069 (pbk.)
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name See, Lisa.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Snow flower and the secret fan
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Random House.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 11/19/2010
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 269 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note In nineteenth century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or 'old same,' in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The two women exchange messages written on silk fans and handkerchieves using nu shu, a unique language that women created in order to communicate in secret, sharing their experiences, but when a misunder
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Includes Reader's guide (p. 261-269).
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Provenance (VM) [OBSOLETE] 44892
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Female friendship -- Fiction.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women -- China -- Fiction.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Married women -- Fiction.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
General subdivision Older women -- Fiction.
852 ## - LOCATION/CALL NUMBER
-- PBK SEE
Holdings
Lost status Collection code Current library Shelving location Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
  Fiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F SEE 34517000228257 F