Three Sisters begins with the birth of the Wang family¡¦s eighth child, a long sought-after boy. But the stars of this novel are not boys, but women¡Xthree of Little Eight¡¦s sisters. From the petty treachery of the village to the slogans of the Cultural Revolution to the harried pace of city life, these three women strive to change the course of their destinies as they battle against an infinite ocean of people, in a country that does not truly belong to them. Three Sisters is an irreplaceable portrait of contemporary Chinese culture¡X of lives unknown, but immediately familiar.
