Independent reading assignment-women of the silk

In many Asian countries, women were treated very poorly. When a woman was unable to have any sons, they were looked down upon. The novel Women of the silk moved me because the main character's mother is scolded for having another baby girl. Villagers think that she is cursed by the spirits/gods because she is unable to have healthy baby boy. The main character's father doesn't even bother looking at the baby when he hears that their fourth child is another girl. This moved me because as a child, my grandmother used to tell me how differently she and her brothers were treated from the elders. This moved me because if I was in the mother's place, I would not be able to survive under the unjust laws/rules that forbade women from doing things men could do.