What's She Reading?

Of course you want to know!

Last night I finished The Bondmaid.

I love reading about Asian culture. The Joy Luck Club sparked that interest years ago.
I found The Bondmaid to be so sad. In the 1950's Singapore, the best life a poor girl could hope for is as a child slave in a good home or to marry some old disgusting man and hopefully bear him sons.
Female babies were often suffocated at birth.
Depressing, no?

This book was well-written. The author has a poetic voice and her descriptions of the superstitious and their conversations with ghosts and gods were extremely moving.

The main character's love of the Master was heartbreaking because it just couldn't be...not the way she wanted it.

Anyway, good book, read it in 2 days.

Now, I'll start Atonement by Ian McEwan today.

Posted by De at May 23, 2005 01:07 PM