Monday, February 25, 2008

On to China

From the back cover:

Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain hin Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakenng conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.

Join us for the meeting to discuss this novel on March 12, in the library after school. On the following Friday, we will watch the film version.