March 27, 2009

  • Snow Flower & the Secret Fan

    The women and girl children suffer...but are sustained in some measure by friendship. This was a glimpse of another time, but I recognize some Chinese sensibilities that continue to the present day. I have been thinking about feet and shoes lately, having seen the ballet of Romeo & Juliet this past Sunday. I was quite taken with the concept and process of foot-binding. I was in the neighbourhood this morning so I went to the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto for the first time, and it was an enlightening way to spend an hour, and to see some shoes from this period when 3 inch feet were the ideal.

    I'm reading this for a book club I will be joining! More on this book to come...