Author Event: Lan Samantha Chang

This year's Big Summer Read selection is The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, and we are thrilled to host the author for a book talk at the library! Based loosely on The Brothers Karamazov,  The Family Chao tells the story of a Chinese American family living in the fictional town of Haven, WI.  The Chao family, who have owned 'Fine Chao' restaurant for thirty-five years, must reckon with family secrets and resentment after their patriarch, Leo is found dead.

Ms. Chang grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin. A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her first collection, Hunger: A Novella and Stories was recently published by W.W. Norton & Company. She is also the author of All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, which won the PEN Open Book Award. The Family Chao, her most recent novel, was a winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction. Since 2006, Ms. Chang has directed the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband and daughter.

Registration is not required, but please register below if you would like an email reminder prior to the event.