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Thu, Mar 04
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Readings By Writers: Simon Han
Nights When Nothing Happened. Simon recommends buying his book at your favorite independent bookstore or online at Parnassus Books https://www.parnassusbooks.net/book/9780593086056
Time & Location
Mar 04, 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST
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About the Workshop
Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, The Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar “A tender, spiky family saga about love in all its mysterious incarnations.” —Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs and Birds of America “Absolutely luminous… Weaves the transience of suburbia between the highs and lows of a family saga. . . Shocks, awes, and delights.” —Bryan Washington, author of Memorial From the outside, the Chengs seem like so-called model immigrants. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Isn’t this what they sacrificed so much for? But then little Annabel begins to sleepwalk at night, putting into motion a string of misunderstandings that not only threaten to set their community against them but force to the surface the secrets that have made them fear one another. How…