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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Ke Huy Quan's Memoir: Never Say Die
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a release event with Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan\, discussing his new memoir NEVER SAY DIE. \n\nThis event will be hosted on the 6th Floor of The Strand Building located at 826 Broadway on 12th Street. \nCan’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Never Say Die here. \n——————————————————————— \nIn this stunning and compulsively readable memoir\, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\, The Goonies\, and Everything Everywhere All at Once\, Ke Huy Quan\, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s child star to the most inspiring comeback in Hollywood history. \n“A monumental work of self-discovery and the power and grace of communal survival. Quan’s voice is crystalline and luminous\, and his Odyssean journey to the screen is\, in itself\, a triumph of storytelling.” –Ocean Vuong \nKe Huy Quan’s Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old\, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and settled down to a relatively peaceful life in L.A.’s Chinatown. After attending an open call audition on a whim\, he was unexpectedly swept up in the wild world of filmmaking: learning to swim from Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\, receiving trucks full of toys from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for his birthday\, meeting Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker\, and making lifelong friends on the set of The Goonies. \nA star of two of the most beloved movies of the ‘80s\, there appeared to be no limit to Ke’s rise. But just a few years later\, the roles had dried up and it seemed like Hollywood no longer had a place for him. He eventually left acting to work odd jobs behind the scenes for directors like Wong Kar Wai. His confidence was badly shaken\, but his love of performing never abated. It wasn’t until decades later\, when he was 49 years old\, that he stepped back in front of the camera to star in a strange little indie film called Everything Everywhere All at Once\, which surprised everyone with its incredible box-office and awards season success. To call Ke’s Oscar-winning performance a triumphant return would be an understatement. \nIn this moving\, inspirational memoir\, Ke paints a vivid self-portrait\, telling both heart-wrenching and funny stories of his early rise\, slow fall from the spotlight\, the resilience that kept him going through his darkest times\, and his eventual resurrection on one of the biggest stages in Hollywood. Never Say Die is the story of Ke’s extraordinary life\, a love letter to the movies and people that shaped him\, and a powerful testament to never giving up on your dreams.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/meet-ke-huy-quan/
LOCATION:The Strand Bookstore\, 828 Broadway\, New York\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Catherine Cho's The Devoted with Vanessa Chan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a release event with acclaimed author Catherine Cho\, discussing her new novel The Devoted. Moderating this discussion is internationally bestselling author Vanessa Chan. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. \nIn this emotionally transportive literary debut about family and fate\, a young Korean woman becomes entrenched in an infamous crime organization—and the dangerous world she once sought to escape. \n\n\n\nRaised in Hong Kong by their Korean grandmother in a quiet village\, Eunha and her brother Solomon live a sheltered life. Their father is a Dragon Head\, a leader within the infamous criminal organization of the Triads. While their beloved grandmother does her best to shield the children from the constant hum of violence and fear that surrounds their father and his world\, Eunha only has Solomon and their one permitted companion\, a boy named Kai\, for company. \nBut as Eunha grows up and marries into a supposedly respectable Hong Kong family\, the veneer of her careful life begins to crack. When her young son is kidnapped\, she is cast into the city’s criminal underground and back into the orbit of Kai\, now a Dragon Head himself. \nWill Eunha finally give in to the life she has strived so hard to rise above or was her future always fated?\nThe Devoted is at once a sweeping family drama\, a moving account of forbidden love\, and a story about a woman’s determination to choose her own destiny. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Cho is the acclaimed author of The Devoted and the memoir Inferno. She was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Catherine also runs her own literary agency Paper Literary. Originally from the United States\, she now lives with her family in London. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVanessa Chan is the Malaysian author of internationally bestselling The Storm We Made\, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick\, BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick\, and New York Times Editor’s Choice. The novel\, her first\, will be translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. Her other work has been published in Vogue\, Esquire\, and more.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/catherine-cho-vanessa-chan-the-devoted/
LOCATION:The Strand Bookstore\, 828 Broadway\, New York\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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