Savvy Readers - Women’s Book Club

Hello Savvy Readers,

**Our next book is... FIFTY WORDS FOR RAIN by Asha Lemmie

• The Goodreads page is linked further below
• Friendly note, limited attendee seats are available & reserved at the meeting location, so kindly RSVP to attend** (RSVP required). Please also update your RSVP status if you register, and later are unable to attend) 😊
• Audio listeners encouraged and welcome (of course)!
• As long as you don't mind spoilers, you don't have to finish the book. Try to read or audio-listen to what you can, and join us for a great discussion.
• As always, please contact organizer Maria via direct message in this app with any questions.
• Kindly note, we meet in a social setting, so there may be varying noise levels.

Newcomers are always welcome. Hope you can join!
Regards,
Maria

FIFTY WORDS FOR RAIN by Asha Lemmie:

From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman’s quest for acceptance in post–World War II Japan.

Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her shameful skin.

Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to try to break free.