Snow Flower and The Secret Fan

This is my second time reading Lisa See's work, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan.

Her works totally blew away with her mesmerizing words and flawless way of story telling. I accidently stumbled upon my first book from her work, Peony in Love when I was rummaging through a bookstore trying to find a great book to read and I never regret of buying the book. I always love Asian Literature because it's something I can relate too and being half Chinese also drives me to read her book.

Being illiterate in Chinese customs and such, reading Peony in Love at first troubled me because I thought it's another book about women-heartbroken-died - a very typical kind of storyline. But going along with the story I was wrong and I enjoyed reading it very much. It's a nice story. I like it when women were potrayed as strong,intelligent yet still a woman not a she-man. 

So, I bought another book also by the same author titled, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan. This time I couldn't really fathom what was the book was all about. What is it about the reversal of fortune is all about. Reading it reminds me of my relationship with a once a close friend of mine. 

I'm a loyal person (I think most of us are loyal too). I thought what we had was a really beautiful friendship which I hope it to lasts forever. It's true that a relationship will go haywire when there's a third person exists whether the person exists intentionally or not plus with a set of secrets untold and a pack of lies. A perfect recipe for a complete annihilation of a relationship. 

I guess there's no need to dwell on the past. I also have no intention to pick up the pieces of the lost friendship. It may sound childish but I am not as noble as Lily as she redeem herself by taking care of Snow Flowers children after she had died and live a long life of regret. But what happened between me and her is a very different story. Nothing like Lily and Snow Flower. Therefore, I let it go just like I let go of everything else that I could not grasp. I did not want to be a part of anything that would link me to her. I wish her well, I forgive everything she had done to me and really would like her to just stop harassing me and let me live my life because whatever that comes from her was just a lie. An absolute lie.