Bitter Melon by Cara ChowRelease Date: December 28, 2010
Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can go to Med school. But is being a doctor what she wants? It has never even occurred to Frances to question her own feelings and desires until she accidentally winds up in speech class and finds herself with a hidden talent. Does she dare to challenge the mother who has sacrificed everything for her? Set in the 1980s.
-This novel sounds like it could be sort-of the same old but it's set in the 1980s which is new. And Frances wants to do speech competitions which I know very little about so I'm really looking forward to this novel :)
Summary from Amazon.com
What are you waiting on this week??
This sounds a lot like WAIT FOR ME by An Na, which I just finished, but I like that it's set in the '80s. And I am a sucker for a character that can do speech because that is, let's just say, NOT one of my strengths as a reclusive blogger. =D I'll keep an eye out for this one!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I like the sound of this premise. Thanks for putting BITTER MELON on my radar!
ReplyDelete@Maggie-I didn't like Wait for Me (thought it was just ok) so I'm relieved Bitter Melon is different ;) Speech isn't one of my strenghs either and while this book didn't give many tips it was still a rather inspiring story :)
ReplyDelete@Heather-You're welcome, that's what these posts are for!