The Lotus Shoes

''Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time'' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz As a child, Little Flower is sold to Linjing''s wealthy family to become a muizai . In a fit of childish jealousy over her new handmaiden''s ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society. Despite their starkly different places in the Fong household, over the years the two girls must work together to secure both their futures through Linjing''s marriage. As the two grow up, they are by turns bitter rivals and tentative friends. Until scandal strikes the family, and Linjing and Little Flower''s lives are unexpectedly thrown into chaos. Linjing''s fall from grace could be an opportunity for Little Flower - but will their intertwined fates lead to triumph, or tragedy for them both?

About the author

Jane Yang was born in the Chinese enclave of Saigon and raised in Australia where she grew up on a diet of superstition and family stories from Old China. Despite establishing a scientific career, she is still sometimes torn between modern, rational thinking and the pull of old beliefs in tales passed down the family. She lives in Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Yang
• Publisher: Sphere
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 26.02.2026
• EAN: 9781408730324
• ISBN: 978-1-4087-3032-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Fiction: general and literary, South China