slide presentation for KCMLIN May/ 2007

1. International
Chick Lit
Starring:
Imperfect Career Women Looking for Love

2. Chick Lit Features…
 everyday women in
their 20s and 30s
navigating their
generation's
challenges of
balancing demanding
careers with personal
relationships.
Ferriss, S. & Young, M. (eds.). (2006). Chick Lit: The New Women’s Fiction.
New York: Routledge.

3. ORIGIN
 1998
 Bridget Jones’s
Diary

4. Some of the first Chick
Lit…

5. If you’re browsing…
 Just look for feet…

6. We read international authors…
 To gain an
understanding of
other cultures.
 To learn what we
have in common with
people in different
countries.
 To pick up some
geography and
history!

7. Some of My Favorites…
 Agrell, Siri (Canada)
 Bad Bridesmaid:
Bachelorette Brawls and
taffeta tantrums—tales
from the front lines.
New York:
Henry Holt & Company
2007

8. Favorites…
 Aidoo, Ama Ata
(Ghana)
 Changes: A love
Story
 New York: Feminist
Press 1991

9. Favorites…
 Daswani, Kavita
(India)
 For Matrimonial
Purposes
 London: Penguin
Group 2003

10. Favorites…
 Daswani, Kavita
(India)
 Salaam, Paris
 New York: Penguin
Books 2006

11. Favorites…
 Gulab, Rupa (India)
 Girl Alone
 New Delhi: Penguin
Books 2005

12. Favorites…
 Hwang, Caroline
(Korea)
 In Full Bloom
 New York: Dutton
2003

13. Favorites…
 Kaushal, Swati
(India)
 Piece of Cake
 New Delhi: Penguin
Books 2004

14. Favorites
 Vapnyar, Lara
(Russian Immigrant)
 Memoirs of a Muse
 New York: Pantheon
Books 2006

15. Favorites…
 Viewegh, Michal
(Czech Republic)
 Bringing Up Girls in
Bohemia.
 London: Readers
International, Inc.
1997

16. Favorites…
 Watase, Yu (Japan)
 Fushigi Yugi: The
Mysterious Play, (Vol
1-17)
 San Francisco, CA:
 Viz Communications
 1999-2005

17. Favorites…
 Yu, Michelle & Kan,
Blossom (Chinese
American)
 China Dolls
 New York: St.
Martin’s Press (2007)