The Twin Bracelets

Two teenage girls make a pledge to each other to be as man and wife in a small Chinese fishing town The notions of womens rights or sexual freedom are absent in their oppressive minority culture and when one becomes happily married to a stranger the other is cruelly betrothed to the abusive son of a wealthy family Seeking to free herself from a lifetime of abuse Huihua desperately looks for a way out by J L New York City