description: Ruth Young is a ghostwriter living in contemporary San Francisco.Her mother, LuLing, haunted by ghosts from her past, feverishly begins writing down all of her experience as a young girl in turn-of-the-century China. While caring for the ailing LuLing, Ruth stumbles upon these pages and is entranced by this intimate look into her mother's tumultuous life.
language: English
title: The Bonesetter's Daughter
titlecomplete: The Bonesetter's Daughter
characters: LuLing, GaoLing, Ruth Young, Bibi Tersayang
genres: China, Asian Literature, Historical, Adult, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 127793
places: China, San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Recorded Books