Lady Tan's Circle of Women

About this book

Tan Yunxian grows up learning medicine from her grandmother in fifteenth-century China. Her friendship with a girl training as a midwife gives that education a shared purpose. Marriage threatens both: the expectations of her new household restrict whom she may see and how she may help other women.

Inspired by a historical physician, the novel follows the conflict between Yunxian's abilities and the boundaries placed around her life, with female friendship central to her choices.

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