The Relationship between Author and Text Questions responses by emily

This book is influenced by the author's life. Lisa See was 1/8th Chinese and she grew up in a very Chinese influenced area. i think this inspired her to write a book about her asian heritage. Lisa See originally did not want kids or even a husband and i think this was incorrperated into Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Lily seems to have trouble adjusting with her husband and they don't seem to see each other very much. You begin to think it is like this in all households but snow flower and her husband seem to know and like each other much more, their relationship seems much more normal to the reader. In the end of lily's life she becomes much closer with her husband and they enjoy talking and really getting to know each other. If i had to guess i would say this is when See's husband came into the picture. just a guess though. All in all this is a very authentic book because See did a ton of research on this topic spending so much time traveling through china and talking to random strangers in a forgeign land. It is authentic to the culture because of See's in depth research and dedication to its authenticity. See even went to towns were footbinding still occured and saw it.