Lonely River Village: A Novel of Secret Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780991477500)

In pre-Communist China women in the small villages of Hunan Province developed their own secret writing system. They used this script to communicate with each other because they were not allowed to go to school and learn Mandarin. Their script is called Nu Shu, which means women's writing. It was usually sewn into household linens as decoration, in order to disguise its true purpose. This is the story of one of those little villages, adapted from actual Nu Shu writing preserved from this era.

Author: Norma Libman
ISBN-10: 0991477502
ISBN-13: 9780991477500
Publisher: Norma Libman
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2014
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.39d
Award: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards - Winner