Women in History and Lit Reading Group

I think the major themes of are having a voice and standing up for yourself and working hard to use your best qualities to the best of your ...

I’m not really sure if I like this story yet because it was kind of interesting, but so far it’s really weird and sort of confusing. There w...

I didn’t really like either of these stories all that much, but I did recognize some similarities between the mothers and daughters. I did l...

I would have to say in a way I sympathize with June, but in a way I also sympathize with her mother. Her mother’s intentions were good, but ...

I’d say thaat this story really finishes the book off very nicely because it brings it all together in one final sort of moment. It was funn...

The story "Four Directions" is about Waverly, and her struggle to tell her mother about the engagement between her and Rich. In th...

With this being the last part of the book, I think everything came together and everyone finally understood each other. I think the daughter...

I really liked this story. I think it was a great, perfect way to end the book and it was very inspirational. It was a great way to finally ...

The story, "A Pair Of Tickets" was basically ending the story in the beginning of this book with Jing-Mei getting money from the j...

I feel really bad for Ying-Ying, but at the same time, I hate her and view her as a cold-blooded psycho-maniac murderer. I know I am just be...

The story "Without Wood" really interested me. This story is about a woman that's having trouble standing up to her husband, a...

In these two stories, we learn of all the hardships both Ying-Ying and Lindo went through before their children were born. In Ying-Ying’s st...

I found this story to be very interesting. This story is about the early life of An-Mei and the mystery behind her mother. We learn that she...

The story "Waiting being the trees" was about Ying-Ying and her personal struggles with marriage as a young woman. She married a ...

I think this was a satisfying way to end the story, with Jing-Mei telling of her journey to China to meet her long lost half-sisters. Seei...