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Books & Bathrobes with Steph Cha
Literary Affairs invites you to an exclusive ONLINE Books and Bathrobes event with Los Angeles Times best-selling author Steph Cha about her novel Your House Will Pay. Join us on Zoom for a book club style conversation between Julie Robinson and Steph Cha followed by a Q&A.
When: Monday, April 27th, 10:30am-12pm PST
Where: The safety and comfort of your home.
Dress code: Bathrobes or sweats encouraged.
$5 requested to help defray our costs.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A Best Book of the Year
Wall Street Journal / Chicago Tribune / Buzzfeed / South Florida Sun-Sentinel / Book Riot / LitHub / BOLO Books
A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two familiesone Korean-American, one African-Americangrappling with the effects of a decades-old crime.
In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as its been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. Shes distraught that her sister hasnt spoken to their mother in two years, for reasons beyond Graces understanding. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. He just wants to be left alone to enjoy his quiet life in Palmdale.
But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Steph Cha is the author of Your House Will Pay and the Juniper Song crime trilogy. Shes an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two basset hounds.
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Los Angeles, CA 90212
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