It's summer, and whether you are hanging out on the beach, by the pool, or just on the couch with the AC cranked, you need something good to read. We at NARAL Pro-Choice Arizona have just what you need, the perfect summer reading list.

Join our summer book club! With choice issues dominating the headlines lately, these choice-related selections are the perfect way to stay relevant while keeping yourself entertained!

Here is the list:

1. The Purity Myth, by Jessica Valenti

In The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women, Jessica Valenti sheds light on the value — and hypocrisy — of premarital virginity by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents revolutionary arguments and solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity.

2. Choice, by Karen E Bender and Nina de Gramont

This collection, compiled by two savvy fiction writers fed up with the bumper-sticker mentality of most pro-life and pro-choice arguments, illuminates the volume of options, obstacles and ambivalence that reproduction brings through personal, often painful stories of real women. Collectively celebrating the courage of the choice-whatever that choice may be-Bender and de Gramont offer these stories as a bulwark against the criminalization of women's reproductive options.

3. American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld

Sittenfeld tracks the life of bookish, naïve Alice Lindgren and the trajectory that lands her in the White House as first lady. Charlie Blackwell, her boyishly charming rake of a husband, whose background of Ivy League privilege, penchant for booze and partying, contempt for the news and habit of making flubs when speaking off the cuff, bears more than a passing resemblance to the former president.

On August 6th, we are hosting a discussion event to talk about one of the books on the list, The Purity Myth, so try and read that one first!

For more information on the August discussion event, click here