Red Flowers

By Francis Haffkine Snow

Book Overview

Red Flowers is a captivating novel written by Francis Haffkine Snow. It tells the story of a young woman named Mei-Ling, who grew up in a small village in China during the early 20th century. Mei-Ling's life changes forever when she is sold into slavery by her own father and taken to the bustling city of Shanghai.In the city, Mei-Ling is forced to work in a brothel, where she meets a kind-hearted American journalist named John. John is immediately drawn to Mei-Ling's beauty and spirit, and he becomes determined to help her escape her life of servitude.As Mei-Ling and John grow closer, they face numerous obstacles, including the disapproval of John's family and the dangerous underworld of Shanghai. Mei-Ling must also confront her own past and the trauma she experienced at the hands of her father.Red Flowers is a powerful and emotional novel that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption. It paints a vivid picture of life in China during a tumultuous period in its history and offers a moving portrayal of one woman's journey to freedom and self-discovery.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432638467
• ISBN13: 9781432638467
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"