NEW BOOK!

Okay, so finally I'll be reading a new book, and it's call Peony In Love, by Lisa See. As quoted from Amazon.com, this is what the story is about:

"Set in 17th-century China, See's fifth novel is a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, a family saga and a work of musical and social history. As Peony, the 15-year-old daughter of the wealthy Chen family, approaches an arranged marriage, she commits an unthinkable breach of etiquette when she accidentally comes upon a man who has entered the family garden. Unusually for a girl of her time, Peony has been educated and revels in studying The Peony Pavilion, a real opera published in 1598, as the repercussions of the meeting unfold. The novel's plot mirrors that of the opera, and eternal themes abound: an intelligent girl chafing against the restrictions of expected behavior; fiction's educative powers; the rocky path of love between lovers and in families. It figures into the plot that generations of young Chinese women, known as the lovesick maidens, became obsessed with The Peony Pavilion, and, in a Werther-like passion, many starved themselves to death. See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, etc.) offers meticulous depiction of women's roles in Qing and Ming dynasty China (including horrifying foot-binding scenes) and vivid descriptions of daily Qing life, festivals and rituals. Peony's vibrant voice, perfectly pitched between the novel's historical and passionate depths, carries her story beautifully—in life and afterlife."

This book seems very interesting and i cannot wait to blog about it!

Education Can Overcome Anything

Ok, so one of the biggest, most important value for the Chinese is education (which I'm sure other nations value too). There is nothing can substitute this value, as long as you have high education and is serious about it, no is no opportunities that is impossible. For our main character, Adeline, she was living the life of Cinderella, where her stepmother and siblings hate her and her own biological father acts like she never existed. With no one in the world to care for her, Adeline looked towards books and learning as her only hope to make something of herself one day. Fortunately, while she sent away to a boarding school, she heard of a an international playwriting competition, and so she decided to enroll in it. After months of agonizing wait, and even beginning to lose hope, Adeline was suddenly called home to her father's office( which she has never entered) and he handed her the newspaper encompassing her victory. She has won first place in the contest! Through this, her father has finally noticed her, and was proud for once she was his daughter. Also because of this, she was able to be treated like her brothers and go to England to study. Finally Adeline's dreams have come true, and it was all due to the help of education.