Check out my interview with Kay Bratt here. Be sure to read all the way to the end for a chance to win a copy of The Palest Ink. About The Palest Ink A sheltered son from an intellectual family in Shanghai, Benfu spends 1966 anticipating a promising violinist career and an arranged marriage. On Read More
Tag: Foot Binding
Unbound Feet
On Monday, I was privileged enough to visit a kindly old woman who lives across the street from Zoe’s grandmother in rural Hunan. This is her story. I was born in 1924. I don’t remember how old I was when my mother first bound my feet, all I remember was the pain. My mother would force me Read More