Wow! I just finished this book and I loved it so, so much!! It covers the first part of the last empress of China's life. It is so well written. I don't know how much of it was fact or fiction, since there is a second book that covers the rest of her life, and I don't want to read up on her too much until I finish the second book. It is written in first person so that leads me to believe that it is fictionalized quite a bit. But the bits of Chinese history in there are so fascinating. This book reminded me a lot of Memoirs of a Geisha, which I loved.
So I am going to brave the snow and cold today to get to the library. I do have books that have reached their renewal limit, but also, I have to get the second book!!!
Kristen
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