China doll
By: Marjorie Chan.
Publisher: Scirocco Drama
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Winnipeg, MB
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Shanghai (China) -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Chinadoll
Description: Su-Ling, an open minded and intelligent young woman in Shanghai, has her feet bound by her grandmother, Poa-Poa. Despite the pain and the crippling effects, custom decrees that the smaller and daintier the foot, the more marriageable the woman. Poa-Poa has high hopes that her granddaughter will marry well and bring prosperity to them both. Then Su-Ling meets the merchant Li and Su-Ling makes choices that lead her toward independence which have consequences for everyone in her world.