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Peony in Love: A Novel

by Lisa See

Random House

June 2007, 304 pages, $23.95

by Catherine Mallette

McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

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Lisa See's Peony in Love about a lovelorn maiden disappoints as a novel but is a fascinating window on historical China.

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