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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would pick the Joy Luck Club. It’s an interesting and not difficult read. As a treat for finishing the book, watch the movie. Since it’s summer reading, I’d probably take decent notes on a few things, and read the other books as well, although I’m not sure about the Austen.  [/quote]

I agree with Joy Luck Club.  It's not my ethnic background, but I am interested in Chinese culture and Chinese-American culture and the role of women in these cultures.  I read the book after the movie, which I usually don't do...I usually try to read the book first.  The movie does a wonderful job of making the emotional turmoil visceral, while the book has more time to set up backstories and connections.  My husband and I still think about some of the scenes in the movie from time to time.  Like Waverly and the "best quality crab scene.  Or the architect and his wife splitting grocery bills down to the ice cream.  There's a lot there to think about.

I read Pride and Prejudice first in middle school and found it very boring.  I had to grow up to understand it better.  The attraction between the main characters involves negative energy and unspoken feelings so it's not easy for a romantically inexperienced person to relate to it.  Now I really like it, and I'm a sucker for the vivacity and intensity of the Colin Firth miniseries version.  But I think it's less accessible than Joy Luck Club what with it being essentially about a very narrow social class and being about very repressed feelings.[/quote]

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