Second Tuesday Book Club: Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Schedule
Tue Jun 11 2024 at 02:00 pm
Location
Welles-Turner Memorial Library | Glastonbury, CT
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The next meeting of our Second Tuesday Book Club is on Tuesday, 6/11 at 2 p.m. Limited copies of the current selection are available at the Lending Desk.Drop-in; no registration required. For more information, call Reference at 860-652-7720.
This month we're reading "Lady Tan’s Circle of Women" by Lisa See.
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles.
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts?
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Where is it happening?
Welles-Turner Memorial Library, 2407 Main St, Glastonbury, CT 06033-4616, United States,Glastonbury, ConnecticutEvent Location & Nearby Stays: