November 2025 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
November 2025 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See Lisa See’s historical novel Lady Tan’s Circle of Women tells the story of Tan Yunxian, a woman who defies 15th century Chinese convention to become a doctor. The narrative is framed by the aphorism, “No mud, no lotus,” emphasising […]
November 2025 – Growing Up Bin Laden
November 2025 – Growing Up Bin Laden Growing up Bin Laden – Najwa bin Laden & Omar bin Laden By Jean Sasson The book is about a name and face that captured attention of the world in wake of 9/11 Osama bin laden. The west called him the most wanted terrorist. His life, his family […]
October 2025 – The Island of Sea Women
October 2025 – The Island of Sea Women The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Our book club met at Surinder’s lovely home to discuss our October book – The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, the book was universally liked by all the attendees. Everyone agreed it was an interesting and multi-layered […]
October 2025 – The Bonesetter’s Daughter
October 2025 – The Bonesetter’s Daughter The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel by acclaimed American author Amy Tan and is a multigenerational novel that explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, memory, and cultural identity. The story centres around Ruth Young, a Chinese-American woman living in San Francisco, and her mother LuLing Liu Young, who is beginning to […]
September 2025 – The Golden Road
September 2025 – The Golden Road The Golden Road by William Dalrymple The Golden Road – it could have been a textbook with a wealth of information, facts and figures thrown at us. 486 pages of which over 150 pages are notes and bibliography. On the audiobook, William Dalrymple himself proposes his own new theory of […]
September 2025 – The Last White Man
September 2025 – The Last White Man The novel imagines a world where white-skinned people suddenly begin to wake up with darker skin and how individuals and communities respond when their identities seem to shift overnight. This immediately prompted a lively and thought-provoking conversation. At just over 180 pages, it is a slim novel, but […]
August 2025 – A Princess Remembers
August 2025 – A Princess Remembers A Princess RemembersAn autobiography by- Maharani Gayatri Devi Our group met on Friday August 29th over a delicious Indian lunch cooked by our hostess to match the theme of the book.The book itself lent to an animated discussion that went on for over 2 hours and touched on many […]
August 2025 – A Fortune Teller Told Me
August 2025 – A Fortune Teller Told Me A Fortune Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani Tiziano Terzani, the author, is warned by a fortune teller in Hong Kong not to travel by air for a year (1993). He then obtains permission from his office (Der Spiegel) to continue his journalistic duties by using other […]
June 2025 – Fidali’s Way
June 2025 – Fidali’s Way Fidali’s Way by George Mastras On June 20th five members of our group met at Leslie’s home to discuss the book. In the first part of the book we meet Nicholas Sunder who has spent months backpacking through South Asia. The French woman he met during his travels is found […]
June 2025 – The Accidental Malay
June 2025 – The Accidental Malay The Accidental Malay by Karina Robles Bahrin This book tells the story of a 41-year-old Malaysian woman, Jasmine Leong. Despite her professional success and the billion-ringgit listing of her family’s pork snack company, Jasmine’s personal life is marked by loneliness and a sense that she does not belong. Her identity […]