Harrison, Kathryn. The Binding Chair, or, A Visit From the Foot Emancipation Society:A Novel

Remember the controversy over Harrison's book The Kiss (incest is best because it is all in the family)? She is trying to redeem herself with this book. The novel opens with a Chinese woman forced to have her feet bound so they will become the erotic lilies men desire. Her marriage is a nightmare (scenes borrowed from The Red Lantern) but she escapes, marries an Australian, and coaches his niece how to avoid Victorian ties that bind.

Charlotte Thompson, July 28, 2000.