Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan

Contemporary world fiction, Politics, Gender roles, Young teen making adult decisions. . . and all but 5 stars at amazon.com. I am glad to have stumbled onto this book at the library.

I think it would be especially wonderful for a book club book as there is so much to discuss, and it might not be as easy with just a parent and child.

It is a story about "too many daughters" but not depressing although one might think that from the book flap description. (At the same time, if I had adopted a child from China, I might want to pre-read it!)