The novel follows the destinies of three late-Ming courtesans, from
the seamy world of girl trafficking and slavery to the cultured
scene of poetry, music and theatre in Qinhuai, the decadent
pleasure district of Nanjing. Jingjing is reading her mother
Rushi's memoir. A wretched adolescence barely behind her, Rushi,
being a courtesan, loses her true love to the tyranny of
conventions. Social scorn never leaves her alone. The memoir
inspires Jingjing to uncover the fates of Rushi's two sworn
sisters, also courtesans. Yuanyuan is first trapped in brutal
slavery and then forced to let go of her lover and enter an unhappy
union with a brutish general. Xiangjun incurs corrupt courtiers'
wrath when she warns her lover of their trap laid for him. When the
outbreak of war plunges the three women into deeper woes, they mull
over a daring idea.... In piecing the three sisters' stories
together, Jingjing slowly unravels the secret of who she is
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