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Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Tan Yunxian is being raised to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find friendship and vow to be forever friends. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, she is expected to act like a proper wife and stay forever within the walls of the family compound.
How might a woman like Yunxian break free and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.
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