Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month
Sour Heart
Stories
by Jenny Zhang, August 2017
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Number One Chinese Restaurant
A Novel
by Lillian Li, June 2018
An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant in Rockville,Md.
What We Were Promised
by Lucy Tan, July 2018
Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.
The Hangman's Secret
A Victorian Mystery
by Laura Joh Rowland
Intrepid photographer Sarah Bain and her motley crew of friends are back to hunt criminals in the dark, seedy underbelly of Victorian London, but little do they know, the darkness may lurk closer than they first divined.
Trust Exercise
A Novel
by Susan Choi, April 2019
In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving “Brotherhood of the Arts,” two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed—or untoyed with—by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
What are you reading this week?
I was delighted to see a billboard coming home from Galveston that was reminding all of us to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month. Thanks for sharing these books. I need to celebrate this month by reading one of these good books.
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