Join the Capitola Book Cafe as they welcome Anchee Min as part of their Author Event series. Anchee Min made her literary debut in 1994 with a memoir recounting her experiences growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Entitled Red Azalea, it became an international bestseller and propelled Anchee's career as a successful, critically acclaimed novelist. Now, nearly twenty years later, she returns to the story of her own life to present the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.
Join the Capitola Book Cafe as they welcome Anchee Min as part of their Author Event series. Anchee Min made her literary debut in 1994 with a memoir recounting her experiences growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Entitled Red Azalea, it became an international bestseller and propelled Anchee's career as a successful, critically acclaimed novelist. Now, nearly twenty years later, she returns to the story of her own life to present the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.
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