Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California
An author event with Nona Mock Wyman
- When
- Mon Jun 25, 2012
- Where
- San Francisco Public Library Excelsior Branch
- Time
- 7-8:30 p.m.
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances, Education, Libraries
Description
Women of Distinction for Humanitarianism winner Nona Mock Wyman will discuss her latest book Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California. In 1935, at the age of two, Nona was abandoned at the Ming Quong orphanage in Los Gatos, California. In this groundbreaking book, Nona shares stories of coming-of-age from the women of Ming Quong and how their bonds of love and friendship carried them through life’s challenges.A book sale and signing will follow this program.
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