{"product_id":"the-secret-language-of-women-paperback","title":"The Secret Language of Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Romano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards (Gold Medal, Romance)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in China in the late 1800's, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Language of Women\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of star-crossed lovers, Zhou Bin Lian, a Eurasian healer, and Giacomo Scimenti, an Italian sailor, driven apart by the Boxer Rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Lian is seventeen years old, she accompanies her Swiss father, Dr. Gianluca Brasolin, fluent in Italian, to tend the Italian ambassador, at the Summer Palace of Empress Dowager, where she meets and falls in love with Giacomo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough voyage and adventure, their love intensifies, but soon is severed by Lian's dutiful promise as the wife to another. Forbidden from pursuing her chosen profession as a healer, and despised because she does not have bound feet, she is forced to work in a cloisonn? factory while her in-laws raise her daughter, Ya Chen. It is in Nushu, the women's secret writing, that she chronicles her life and her hopes for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRebelling against the life forced upon her, she empowers herself to act out against the injustice and becomes the master of her own destiny. But her quest for freedom comes at a costly price: The life of someone close to her, lost in a raging typhoon, a grueling journey to the Yun-kang Caves, and a desperate search for beauty and love in the midst of brutality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775335366944,"sku":"9781630269074","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/578ad866baf2ff2203ab2d76c91b2f26.webp?v=1780460574","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-secret-language-of-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}