The vine basket
By: by Josanne La Valley
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547848013
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Basket making; Uighur (Turkic people); Farm life; Ethnic relations; Fiction
Description: Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her father's opposition.