Join San Mateo County Libraries on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 PM for a live, virtual discussion with Rachel Khong, author of the highly anticipated novel Real Americans!
Keep an eye out for a limited supply of free giveaway copies of Real Americans available on a first come, first served basis at our libraries.
Praise for Real Americans
"A disorienting, masterful, shape-shifting novel about multiracial identity.... What makes Americans 'real'? Is it our competitive drive? Our craving for wealth and status? Our insatiable quest for scientific advancement? Or is it--inevitably--the color of our skin and eyes? This concern spirals quietly, like a double helix, through Rachel Khong's enigmatic second novel, Real American. Khong manages these twisting threads with masterful deftness, an irresistible puzzle of a novel." --Aimee Liu, Los Angeles Times, opens a new window
"Unforgettable. Vibrant, tender and one to pass onto a friend." --"Best New Books of Spring," Oprah Daily, opens a new window
"By encompassing a family as a whole, Real Americans asks big questions about our lineage and futures, how much is really up to us, whether the facts of our pasts guarantee our fate, or whether we have agency over the lives we live." --"Most Anticipated Books of 2024," Literary Hub, opens a new window
About Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Tin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission District. She was born in Malaysia and lives in California. rachelkhong.com
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Keep an eye out for a limited supply of free giveaway copies of Real Americans available on a first come, first served basis at our libraries.
Praise for Real Americans
"A disorienting, masterful, shape-shifting novel about multiracial identity.... What makes Americans 'real'? Is it our competitive drive? Our craving for wealth and status? Our insatiable quest for scientific advancement? Or is it--inevitably--the color of our skin and eyes? This concern spirals quietly, like a double helix, through Rachel Khong's enigmatic second novel, Real American. Khong manages these twisting threads with masterful deftness, an irresistible puzzle of a novel." --Aimee Liu, Los Angeles Times, opens a new window
"Unforgettable. Vibrant, tender and one to pass onto a friend." --"Best New Books of Spring," Oprah Daily, opens a new window
"By encompassing a family as a whole, Real Americans asks big questions about our lineage and futures, how much is really up to us, whether the facts of our pasts guarantee our fate, or whether we have agency over the lives we live." --"Most Anticipated Books of 2024," Literary Hub, opens a new window
About Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Tin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission District. She was born in Malaysia and lives in California. rachelkhong.com
Join San Mateo County Libraries on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 PM for a live, virtual discussion with Rachel Khong, author of the highly anticipated novel Real Americans!
Keep an eye out for a limited supply of free giveaway copies of Real Americans available on a first come, first served basis at our libraries.
Praise for Real Americans
"A disorienting, masterful, shape-shifting novel about multiracial identity.... What makes Americans 'real'? Is it our competitive drive? Our craving for wealth and status? Our insatiable quest for scientific advancement? Or is it--inevitably--the color of our skin and eyes? This concern spirals quietly, like a double helix, through Rachel Khong's enigmatic second novel, Real American. Khong manages these twisting threads with masterful deftness, an irresistible puzzle of a novel." --Aimee Liu, Los Angeles Times, opens a new window
"Unforgettable. Vibrant, tender and one to pass onto a friend." --"Best New Books of Spring," Oprah Daily, opens a new window
"By encompassing a family as a whole, Real Americans asks big questions about our lineage and futures, how much is really up to us, whether the facts of our pasts guarantee our fate, or whether we have agency over the lives we live." --"Most Anticipated Books of 2024," Literary Hub, opens a new window
About Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Tin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission District. She was born in Malaysia and lives in California. rachelkhong.com
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Keep an eye out for a limited supply of free giveaway copies of Real Americans available on a first come, first served basis at our libraries.
Praise for Real Americans
"A disorienting, masterful, shape-shifting novel about multiracial identity.... What makes Americans 'real'? Is it our competitive drive? Our craving for wealth and status? Our insatiable quest for scientific advancement? Or is it--inevitably--the color of our skin and eyes? This concern spirals quietly, like a double helix, through Rachel Khong's enigmatic second novel, Real American. Khong manages these twisting threads with masterful deftness, an irresistible puzzle of a novel." --Aimee Liu, Los Angeles Times, opens a new window
"Unforgettable. Vibrant, tender and one to pass onto a friend." --"Best New Books of Spring," Oprah Daily, opens a new window
"By encompassing a family as a whole, Real Americans asks big questions about our lineage and futures, how much is really up to us, whether the facts of our pasts guarantee our fate, or whether we have agency over the lives we live." --"Most Anticipated Books of 2024," Literary Hub, opens a new window
About Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and Tin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission District. She was born in Malaysia and lives in California. rachelkhong.com
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