Book guide
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
A girl trained to heal women must fight the walls built to keep her silent.
GenresHistorical
Genre and trope pairings
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About Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Inspired by the life of Ming dynasty physician Tan Yunxian, the novel follows a girl taught Chinese medicine by her grandmother and bonded to a young midwife, Meiling. Marriage and tradition try to confine her, but Yunxian searches for a way to practice medicine and preserve women’s knowledge.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- pregnancy
- childbirth
- miscarriage
- infertility
- foot binding
- infant death
- death of parent
- medical content
- misogyny and sexism
- graphic medical trauma
- abortion
- sexual content
- rape references
- slavery and trafficking
