What are some common threads among the stories in this book?
- Women making questionable choices
- Chinese american women
- disconnection, isolation
- immigration
- breaking free of expectations
Did you notice any tonal similarities or differences in the narrators?
Los Angeles- A woman lives in a house with her husband, kids and 100 ex boyfriends.
-Why does the narrator stay so attached to her ex boyfriends?
-What does Adam, her abusive ex mean to her? Why does she still want him in her life?
Oranges-Narrator follows her abusive ex boyfriend home in order to confront him.
G-Two women take a drug that turns you invisible.
-Is the friendship in this story ever a healthy one?
Yetti Lovemaking-A woman goes home with a man she meets at a bar only to discover he is a Yetti
-Reads like a greek myth or a modern day folktale
-Is the story her telling her ex about the Yetti or is it her own inner narrative?
-Do you think her mating call really caused her ex to reach out to her?
Returning-Woman travels to the country of her husbands birth only to wake up on the plane with him gone.
-What did Peter want to change as a result of being buried at the festival?
Office Hours-A professor discovers a portal to another world hidden within her campus office.
Marie teaches a class called "the disappearing woman."
-What is this place?
-Did she leave behind herself or a doppleganger?
Peking Duck-Writer is creating a story based on her mother's experiences as a nanny.
-Who does the story belong to? The mother or the daughter? On page 176 the question is asked " Can the writer, who's retelling anothers story, really assume authorship?"
Tomorrow-Woman is pregnant with a child whos arm is growing out of her body.
