OISPA Book Club
'Books and Beverages'
Do you love books?
Or talking about books?
Or do you just want to meet up with some friendly faces in the evening?
Whether reason one, two or three, you will be very welcome at OISPA's book club!
We meet on Thursdays monthly, usually at 19:00 in either Bocca or W.B.Samson (Bekkestua). Why not come and enjoy a book chat and a beverage with other OIS parents?
OISPA Books and Beverages has enjoyed a fun year full of reading and friendly chats. We continued with a tradition of ‘all are welcome,’ knowing that sometimes there are busy seasons where you don’t have the time to actually read the book but still want to share an evening with like-minded book lovers and friends.
Join us for our next OISPA Books and Beverages meeting:
November 5, 2026
WB Samson - Bekkestua
19.00
Contact Shannon on info@oispa.com with any questions or for more information.
We will be discussing our next read:
Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See
In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal, the big-footed daughter of peasants, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation, Petal’s father sells her to buy money for rice seed, and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain – America – where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated, speaks fluent English and has been endowed with a face of great beauty, yet her failed footbinding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many.
Each woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved, Petal desires freedom and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined.
Brought together by hardship and heartbreak, they must use their bravery, endurance and ability to ‘eat bitterness,’ discover their voices, find freedom and connect through solace and friendship. Together they are daughters of the sun and moon.
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Venue
W. B. Samson: Gamle Ringeriksvei 38, 1357 Bekkestua
Bocca: Gamle Ringeriksvei 34, 1357 Bekkestua
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