Heel Print: A centenarian's journey in rural China

Heel Print is a biographic novel, based upon the story of the life of an
ordinary rural Chinese woman, Yi-qing Dong. Yi-qing was betrothed
to a village boy at the age of seven. Her parents bound her feet to please
her future husband, just as he was beginning to discover the modern
values developing beyond the countryside. Against great odds, this
blind marriage turned out to be a fortuitous match of kindred spirits.
Unfortunately, Yi-qing's husband, a patriotic military offi cer, was killed
at the age of thirty-one, leaving her alone to raise fi ve children on a
barren land where she faced various physical, fi nancial, political and
social challenges. Yi-qing's personal experience during these turbulent
times in China provides a glimpse into the mystery and complexities
of human nature.