It's a great work that will move its readers., "Jepson.evokes time and place well as he describes the life of privilege that Feng comes to take for granted only to have her life veer dramatically and be overtaken by the Great Leap Forward." - Booklist " does a solid job of voicing a female character." - Library Journal "Strong on detail and emotional intensity." - Kirkus Reviews " riveting storyline." - Publishers Weekly "Poignant and elegantly written." - Romantic Times "An accomplished first novel. Like a poem or a painting, it reveals the old Shanghai. I thoroughly enjoyed this book., This story is breathtaking. Duncan Jepson magically inhabits the life of a young Chinese woman in 1930s Shanghai, following Feng's unlikely evolution from neglected second daughter to first wife of the rich and powerful Sang family and her unexpected epilogue. "A touching and tender story about discovering the past to bring peace to the present.The life of this novel's main character is splintered into thousands of pieces, each of them reflecting the changes of Chinese history, yet all of them coming out in Duncan Jepson's poetic, passionate writing., An accomplished first novel.
Kelli Estes spins a spellbinding tale that illuminates the past in all its brutality and beauty, and the humanity that binds us all together." - Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper's Ball "The Girl Who Wrote in Silk is a beautiful, elegiac novel, as finely and delicately woven as the title suggests. A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever." - Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of A Desperate Fortune and The Firebird "The Girl Who Wrote in Silk is a beautiful story that brought me to tears more than once, and was a testament to the endurance of the human spirit and the human heart. "Estes sheds light on a dark period in Seattle's history that is sure to interest those seeking unusual historical details long hidden from history books.
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