Xinran

From the author of 'The Good Women of China' comes the uplifting story of three sisters who, like so many migrant workers in today's China, leave their peasant community to seek their fortune in the big city.

Miss Chopsticks

Sisters Three, Five and Six don't have much education, but they know two things for certain: their mother is a failure because she hasn't produced a son, and they only merit a number as a name. Women, their father tells them, are like chopsticks: utilitarian and easily broken. But when they leave their home in the countryside to seek their fortune in the big city, their eyes are suddenly and shockingly opened. Together they find jobs, make new friends, and learn more than a few lessons about life...

Anyaconda

This was an enjoyable short read about three sisters that escape the countryside poverty to make it in the city, showing their father and family that girls can be "roofbeams" too and not just easily breakable "chopsticks".

Miss Chopsticks

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