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Grindley, Sally

Spilled Water

224 pp. | Bloomsbury | September, 2004 | Trade ISBN 1-58234-937-1 $15.95
(3) 4-6 Lu Si-Yan has a happy childhood in rural China until her father's sudden death. Her uncle, now responsible for the family, considers her "spilled water"--a useless daughter. When he sells her into slavery, Si-Yan runs away and ends up working for pennies in a factory. The novel provides a strong, disturbing portrait of a difficult life.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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