October's Book

We haven't set a date for October's book club yet, but the book we will read is:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.

A brief summary:
Set in 19th-century China, See's national bestseller tells a story of two young women who find solace with each other, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.

The author's website:
http://www.lisasee.com/snowflower.htm

Reading Group questions:
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/snow_flower1.asp

Foot binding photos:
http://www.lisasee.com/images/footbinding/footbinding.htm

Lisa See's discussion questions:
http://www.lisasee.com/sfbookclub.htm

NPR story about foot binding:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942&sc=emaf

September's Book

Our book for September is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Here are some links of interest:

Wikipedia's entry about the book (caution, contains plot spoilers!)

An interview with the author

A longer interview with the author

Some discussion questions

Other discussion questions

Washington Post review of the book

New York Times review of the book

The Curious Incident...

Our book for late August or early September (I haven't picked a date yet) will be The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. It is a story written from the perspective of a 15 year old boy who has autism. A summary...

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.

This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.

Some links...

Wikipedia article about the book

Reading group questions

Different reading group questions