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Peony in Love is a work of historical fiction by American author Lisa bltadwin.ru utilizes her Chinese great grandfather’s memories and historical records to explore what a young Chinese woman might have experienced if she had sought to assimilate a Westernized conception of life with the Eastern one inherited from her family and society. Peony in Love shows the strength of women and women’s companionship, but in what ways does it also show the dark shadow side of women whether in the women’s chambers, between a mother and daughter, between wives, or even between friends? The novel looks at the Chinese veneration of ancestors as well as the desire to have sons. Peony in Love. by. Lisa See (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 45, ratings · 4, reviews. In seventeenth-century China, three women become emotionally involved with The Peony Pavilion, a famed opera rumored to cause lovesickness and even death, including Peony, the cloistered daughter of a wealthy scholar, who succumbs to its.
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