Mani
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Lisa See:
I've just read about your new project and I can´t wait, Your books bring such an insight on a culture that "westeners" may never fully and trully understand, I´m always learning lots of new things by reading your novels! thankyou so much for portraying China like that. So the question is: How long does it usually take you to finish a book, from start ( when you come up with the idea) until you see it published?
Lisa See
Thank you so much for your kind words about my books Mani! I'm so glad you've enjoyed them, and are excited for my next novel!
I'm sorry to say I never know how to answer this question. I think about books for a long time before I sit down to write them. So, is it the two years from the day I decide this is the one until I deliver it to my publisher? Is it the five to eight years that I’ve been thinking about the idea and maybe collecting little bits and pieces of research? Or is it my entire life, because I feel like I put everything I know—about life and relationships up to this point—in a book?
I'm sorry to say I never know how to answer this question. I think about books for a long time before I sit down to write them. So, is it the two years from the day I decide this is the one until I deliver it to my publisher? Is it the five to eight years that I’ve been thinking about the idea and maybe collecting little bits and pieces of research? Or is it my entire life, because I feel like I put everything I know—about life and relationships up to this point—in a book?
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Cindi
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Lisa See:
In your recent novel about Lady Tan, the practice of foot binding is discussed. I think you did a great job of showing the whys and the effects but you never addressed something i have read about the practice - that it was also done because it was believed to tighten thigh muscles to enhance sexual pleasure for men. You also didn't explain why men were attracted to aroma of the feet .. what aroma?
Kimberly Adam
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Lisa See:
Can you tell me more about your research into ethnic minorities for The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane? My daughter, who was adopted from China, is part of an ethnic minority group and although it's not the minority described in the book, she also has a different look and comes from a very remote part of her province. The whole book has felt so familiar to me that I wonder if you have cameras in my home!
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