This story revolved around the Chinese Opera. I don't know very much about opera in general (although I would like to) and I most certainly don't know anything about Chinese Opera.
This was less of a story about Opera and more of the a story of how someone makes sure her dream comes true, even a the expense of others. It was a good book. It had originally been written in Chinese and I think there were some cultural elements to the story that I didn't quite understand.