Download or read book The Binding Chair written by Kathryn Harrison and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-06-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shanghai at the turn of the century, The Binding Chair intertwines the destinies of a Chinese woman determined to forget her past and a Western girl focused on the promises of the future.