Page Turners: The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes

Page Turner’s November selection is The Girl Who Wrote In Silk by Kelli Estes. Published in 2015, this was the author’s debut novel and it made the USA Today Bestseller’s List in December that year. With its blend of historical fiction and contemporary drama, fans of historical fiction are going to love this emotionally charged story of the Chinese American
struggles and the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. The story is told from the perspective of two young women in different eras: Mei Lien’s story takes place in the 1880s and Inara’s in present day.
Page Turners is presently made up of three groups. The Monday afternoon group meets on the fourth Monday of the month in various member homes. The two Thursday afternoon groups meet normally in the clubhouse but have been meeting outdoors recently on the fourth Thursday of the month. I believe we have room for new people, so if you would like to join a book club please contact Steve and Ann Morris at samwrsi@cox.net regarding the Thursday groups, and for the Monday group contact me, Frances at fozimec@cox.net. All of the books that we read are suggested by the members and then the members vote for their favorites and the nine books with the most votes are what we read for the upcoming “book club year.”
—Frances Ozimec