
When her husband dies Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her uncle Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother & brother In this powerful & compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in China a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water' With a brilliant first-person narrative & a powerful description of time & place this novel is gripping heart-wrenching & utterly mesmerising