Literature According to the L's: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Literature According to the L's

For several years, a few of us girls have been getting together for what we call "book club meetings." As we gab about our current reads (and many other things), we know the following: 1) We love to read books. 2) We have opinions about them! So we wanted to share our thoughts with our friends and families (and anyone else who's interested) who can't come to our "meetings." We are not professional critics or literary experts, but this is what we think ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Man oh man oh MAN am I glad I live in the 21st century. 19th century China is NOT for me. The foot-binding scene made me squirm and yell out loud to the point where Jason threatened to take the book away if I couldn't keep it down. Ha ha. OK not really but it was pretty bad. And all the archaic codes of conduct and family loyalty -- I mean I am all about respecting my parents and husband, but there has to be MUTUAL respect. I digress.

A little slow and a little laborious, but still enjoyable.

3 bookmarks.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

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