Hu Shi praised Lin Huiyin as "a talented woman of her generation in China."
Hu Shi described Lu Xiaoman as "a sight no one should miss."
Both were celebrated women of the Republican era. Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman each had their own kind of beauty. They had different personalities and grew up in different circumstances, living two entirely different yet equally remarkable lives. In her first major work marking a change in direction, young writer Juan Er draws on their life stories, examining their backgrounds, romances, talents, and careers to explore their views on love, marriage, and work. Through their stories, they show women everywhere how to make the right choices in love.
★ You could read about women all your life, but nothing compares to understanding Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman. They were not fireworks, yet were three times lonelier than fireworks; they were not roses, yet were more beautiful and captivating than roses. They were paragons of the women of their era, beauties who endured hardship without fading. Through lives both arduous and brilliant, they made their own legends and satisfied the world's curiosity.
★ Lin Huiyin's beauty was subtle; Lu Xiaoman's was dazzling. Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman: two personalities, two lives.
★ Their life stories show you how a woman can make the right choices in love.
