Women of the Silk

Enlivened with an engrossing richness of detail, Women of the Silk provides a revealing look at the life and customs of China . . . succinct and delicate. The New York Times Book Review

Evocative . . . warm-hearted. Washington Post Book World

A soft ring of feminism . . . languorous, almost dreamlike quality. Booklist

One of the lovliest first novels published this year. San Francisco Chronicle

A first novel exceptional for its exquisite writing and for its rich portrait of a woman's life in a China now lost. Her story is rendered with exceptional grace, with the clear, shining dignity of legend or song; Tsukiyama lends her voice to figures of women emboldened by their dream of growth and personal power. Ingram

Enlivened with an engrossing richness of detail, Women of the Silk provides a revealing look at the life and customs of China . . . succinct and delicate. --The New York Times Book Review

Evocative . . . warm-hearted. --Washington Post Book World

A soft ring of feminism . . . languorous, almost dreamlike quality. --Booklist

One of the lovliest first novels published this year. --San Francisco Chronicle

A first novel exceptional for its exquisite writing and for its rich portrait of a woman's life in a China now lost. Her story is rendered with exceptional grace, with the clear, shining dignity of legend or song; Tsukiyama lends her voice to figures of women emboldened by their dream of growth and personal power. --Ingram

-Enlivened with an engrossing richness of detail, Women of the Silk provides a revealing look at the life and customs of China . . . succinct and delicate.- --The New York Times Book Review

-Evocative . . . warm-hearted.- --Washington Post Book World

-A soft ring of feminism . . . languorous, almost dreamlike quality.- --Booklist

-One of the lovliest first novels published this year.- --San Francisco Chronicle

-A first novel exceptional for its exquisite writing and for its rich portrait of a woman's life in a China now lost. Her story is rendered with exceptional grace, with the clear, shining dignity of legend or song; Tsukiyama lends her voice to figures of women emboldened by their dream of growth and personal power.- --Ingram

Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include Dreaming Water, The Language of Threads, The Samurai's Garden, and Night of Many Dreams.