Book Party Book Club

In-Person Program

Held the first Wednesday of each month at the San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E Bonita Ave. This month's selection is "Lady Tan's Circle of Women," by Lisa See. Copies are available for check out at the circulation desk. For Adults.

This month's selection is "Lady Tan's Circle of Women," by Lisa See. Tan Yunxian's grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations -- looking, listening, touching, and asking -- something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women's illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship. 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 -- embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.