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SUMMARY:Lisa See joins our Davie-Cooper City Library Book Club!
LOCATION:Davie/Cooper City Branch\nDavie/Cooper City Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Davie-Cooper City Library multi-purpose room wh
 ere author Lisa See will be joining us via zoom. Get your questions ready 
 for a lively Q&A on "Lady Tan's Circle of Women." Pre-register..\nhttps://
 broward.libnet.info/event/10329221
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span>According to Confucius\, "an educate
 d woman is a worthless woman\," but Tan Yunxian&mdash\;born into an elite 
 family\, yet haunted by death\, separations\, and loneliness&mdash\;is bei
 ng raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only
  a handful of female doctors in China\, and she teaches Yunxian the pillar
 s of Chinese medicine\, the Four Examinations&mdash\;looking\, listening\,
  touching\, and asking&mdash\;something a man can never do with a female p
 atient.</span><br /><br /><span>From a young age\, Yunxian learns about wo
 men's illnesses\, many of which relate to childbearing\, alongside a young
  midwife-in-training\, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a m
 utual purpose&mdash\;despite the prohibition that a doctor should never to
 uch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it&mdash\;and the
 y vow to be forever friends\, sharing in each other's joys and struggles. 
 No mud\, no lotus\, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom.
 </span><br /><br /><span>But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriag
 e\, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the
  women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife&md
 ash\;embroider bound-foot slippers\, pluck instruments\, recite poetry\, g
 ive birth to sons\, and stay forever within the walls of the family compou
 nd\, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.</span><br /><br /><span>How might a 
 woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions\, go on to treat women a
 nd girls from every level of society\, and lead a life of such importance 
 that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might t
 he power of friendship support or complicate these efforts?&nbsp\;</span><
 i>Lady Tan's Circle of Women</i><span>&nbsp\;is a captivating story of wom
 en helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of
  a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered re
 markable today.</span></p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event/10329221
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