A Virtual Evening with Vanessa Hua Online
Join us in celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Vanessa Hua, author of River of Stars, speaking about her new book Forbidden City! A novel about a teenage girl living in 1960s China who becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution.
Fans of Jeffrey Deaver and Gish Jen will enjoy this talk.
This virtual program is free, but registration is required.
Check out other titles by Vanessa Hua
Order a copy of Forbidden City through Brazos Bookstore
- Date:
- Tuesday, May 10, 2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Author Talks / Book Clubs Holidays & Observances
This is a virtual program taking place on Microsoft Teams. If you are using a desktop or laptop computer, click the Teams meeting link received via registration email and then select the “Continue on this browser” option to join the Teams meeting without downloading the Teams app or creating a Teams profile. If you are using a smartphone or tablet, you will need to download the Microsoft Teams app to participate. You won’t have to create an account, but you need to have the app on your device.
“In this intriguing and suspenseful story, Hua tells of a girl who becomes a lover and worshipper of Chairman Mao, plotting revolution after revolution. How to negotiate the maze of the Forbidden City? How to escape?”—Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior
“Forbidden City is a wonderful novel, immersive and fascinating. Vanessa Hua writes with an audacious mix of intimacy and narrative sweep about one of the most enigmatic figures and most misunderstood moments in history.”—Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins