Women of the Silk: A Novel

An unforgettable historical novel of sisterhood, courage, and resilience set in 1920s rural China.

In Women of the Silk, Gail Tsukiyama takes readers to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge an unbreakable sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk.

Sent by her family to work in the factory just prior to World War II, Pei grows to womanhood working fifteen-hour days, faithfully sending her pay to the family who abandoned her. F...