num_pages: 278
description: Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanhood, working fifteen-hour days and sending her pay to the family who abandoned her
language: English
title: Women of the Silk
titlecomplete: Women of the Silk
genres: Historical, China, Adult, Asian Literature, Cultural, Asia, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 16285
places: China
series: Women of the Silk
publisher: St Martins Pr