Gail Tsukiyama Visits on 21 August 2012 at 7 PM
Who: Novelist Gail Tsukiyama
What: Reading and signing her new novel, A Hundred Flowers.
When: Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 7 PM.
How much: Free -- but give us a call to let us know you're coming. The number here is (925) 837-7337.
Where: Rakestraw Books.
Why you should care: A powerful new novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for "reeducation."
A year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg. As Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband's absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.
We're thrilled to welcome Gail Tsukiyama back to Rakestraw Books with her first new novel in five years. Please plan to join us for this very special evening.
- Street:
- 522 Hartz Ave
- Additional:
- City:
- Danville ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94526
- Country:
- United States
