Wild Swans

What a great day! I laid around until Jeff came home from work. I mean, I did laundry too. But that's about it. I snacked and read and napped. Dang, I love days like today.

I'm reading Wild Swans. I'm sure it must be on Chinese adoption reading lists, but I don't remember seeing it before. I stumbled across it at the book store. It's the true story of 3 generations of women in China. And so far, its very interesting. Right now I'm learning about the beginnings of Communism in China and the Kumintang (sp?) It's modern history I know nothing about.

I think about how the middle and youngest women are my grandmother's and mother's generation. What totally different worlds they lived in. Arranged marriages, concubines, foot binding, unimaginable poverty, and war.

A pretty deep read for such a lazy day.