An epic, heart-wrenching story of a mother and daughter's journey to their destiny.
Lotus Feet. He would give his daughter the dainty feet of a courtesan. This would enhance her beauty and her price, making her future shine like a new coin. He smiled to himself, pouring fresh tea. And it would stop her from running away...
When the young concubine of an old farmer in rural China gives birth to a daughter called Li-Xia, or "Beautiful One," the child seems destined to become a concubine herself. Li refuses to submit to her fate, outwitting her father's orders...
An epic, heart-wrenching story of a mother and daughter's journey to their destiny.
Li X'ia refuses to succumb to the fate of a concubine: beautiful and quick-witted, she desires more than to be just a painted slave. When her father orders her feet to be bound in the illegal and cruel practice of the Golden Lotus, she cleverly outwits him - Li X'ia knows her feet will be her freedom.
Li X'ia refuses to succumb to the fate of a concubine: beautiful and quick-witted, she desires more than to be just a painted slave. When her father o...
