The story is about three sisters,named Three, Five and Six. Three is the artistic one, Five is the stupid one,
and six is the clever one. They leave their dirt-poor village and go to the
city of Nanjing, and each one of them is remarkably lucky in finding work that
they love and kind-hearted people who take care of them. Then they go home and
give their mother money, and are the toasts of the village. Didn't find this
quite as powerful as The Good Women of China, though it was interesting to read
about migrant workers, something I haven't read about before.
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Interesting book, but I think the "Good women of China" which I think was her first book was better.
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