Inspired by the remarkable true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See follows Tan Yunxian, a young girl raised to be a proper wife yet determined to be of meaningful service.
Guided by the belief that “no mud, no lotus”—that beauty and strength can rise from adversity—Yunxian, alongside the women closest to her, challenges strict gender norms of th…
