"Powerfully alive, unfolding like a waking dream, haunting, magical, and absolutely impossible to forget."
-The Boston Globe "Both heartbreaking and heartbreakingly lovely . . . immerses the reader in an unimagined world . . . The characters and their surroundings come vibrantly alive."
-The Denver Post
"A provocative and affecting portrait."
-Chicago Tribune
"A marvel of imagination . . . so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end."
-Amy Tan, author of Saving Fish from Drowning
"Riveting . . . a story that informs as it charms."
-The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Extraordinary . . . breathtaking."
-Baltimore Sun
"Magical, haunting fiction. Beautiful."
-Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Fifth Book of Peace
"[See's] best book yet . . . a beautifully drawn portrait of female friendship and power."
-The Seattle Times
"An engrossing and completely convincing portrayal of a woman shaped by suffering forced upon her from her earliest years, and of the friendship that helps her to survive."
-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha