Suggests: Author Visit: Susan Lieu

Join us at the Glendale Branch in conversation with Vietnamese-American author Susan Lieu as she discusses her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter.The King's English Bookshop will be onsite during the event selling copies of Susan's memoir.

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"Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family’s past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan’s family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan’s mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success―until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what had happened.

For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone―why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would…