March 15th

Read excerpt from A Tale for the Time Being

The novel is told by two narrators-Naoko and Ruth. In this section, Naoko is in Japan spending the summer with her grandmother, Jiko who is Nao's 104-year-old great-grandmother. Nao describes her as an anarchist-feminist Buddhist nun. In this scene, the two go on an outing for the day and stop at a convenience store. Out front is a gang of girls looking for trouble. Nao is terrified since she has been bullied horribly before, but Nao is unfazed by the girls. 

Why do you think this book was chosen as the Everybody Reads book for Portland this year? (Exit ticket)