Jinua has a lovely life as the daughter of a concubine her father dotes upon her providing her with her whims and refusing to bind her feet. Sadly his father displeases the emperor and his punishment is death. With no protector his first wife decides to sell Jinua to a go between for seven silver coins, one coin for each year of her life. Terrified and unsure of what will be her fate Jinua is taken from the only place she knows and sold to a local brothel. Determined to make Jinua a money tree the mistress of the brothel orders her feet to be bound. Barely surviving Jinua endures learning the language of love until she is twelve years old and able to entertain customers.
Later on in the story Jinua describes her being as different lives and considering how drastically things change for her throughout her years it makes sense. At times I was really confused due to the writing, random foreign language was thrown in that threw off my pace. Time skips did occur and they were not really smooth nor did I really understand what was going since characters points of view jumped around a good deal. Since this is Curry's first novel the writing and transitions show room to improve.
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