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Amy Tan in conversation with Jan Yanehiro
Kepler's Arts & Lectures presents:
Amy Tan in conversation with Jan Yanehiro
Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, Ca 94025
Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the privileged fourteen-year-old daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a "virgin courtesan."
Spanning more than forty years and two continents, "The Valley of Amazement" resurrects pivotal moments of the past: the collapse of China's last imperial dynasty; the beginning of the Republic; the explosive growth of both lucrative foreign trade and bouts of antiforeign sentiment, which would have ramifications into the future. The lost world of old Shanghai is recaptured through the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign "Shanghailanders" living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II.
This deeply evocative narrative exposes the profound connections between mothers and daughters, which returns readers to the compelling territory Amy Tan so expertly mapped in "The Joy Luck Club". With her characteristic insight and humor, she conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and obstinacy of love.
Jan Yanehiro pioneered the magazine format on television as co-host of "Evening Magazine," a nightly program in San Francisco that ran for 15 years on KPIX TV-CBS5. Currently she is the Director of the School of MultiMedia Communications at Academy of Art University, San Francisco. She has hosted 6 documentaries on the redress and relocation issues of Japanese Americans during World War II. Jan has won multiple awards including an Emmy and the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award. She is the mother of six (three of her own and three step-children), holds seats on several boards including the Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation and The Bank of Marin. Her latest book is titled, "This Is Not The Life I Ordered: 50 Ways To Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down."
Tickets:
$50 Admit one - Premium seating. Includes one copy of "The Valley of Amazement".
$25 Admit one - General seating. Ticket price does not include book.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.
You must have a copy of "The Valley of Amazement" to enter the signing line.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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