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SUMMARY:Lite lunch-American Hagwon
LOCATION:Wilkinson Public Library\, 100 W Pacific Ave\, Telluride
DESCRIPTION:Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\n\nIn schools and churches\, hotel ro
 oms and nail salons\, law firms and fried-fish shops\; in cramped\, dingy
  apartments and luxury\, gated communities\, the men\, women\, and childr
 en in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a worl
 d that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year. Once comforta
 bly middle class in Korea\, John and Helen Koh and their three children―B
 o\, DH\, and Mido―find their lives upended\, first by a shocking betrayal
  by John’s oldest friend\, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.\n\nDe
 sperately striving to regain their footing\, they leave Seoul for Sydney 
 and eventually settle in Southern California―where new vistas of opportun
 ity open up for the children as their parents\, strangers in a strange la
 nd\, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education me
 an little\, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for
  their children’s futures. The Kohs\, their friends\, relatives\, and eve
 n their foes move in and out of each other’s lives as they navigate new c
 ourses across the years\, always nursing the almost all-consuming faith t
 hat education will lead the next generation to success and security.\n\nI
 n American Hagwon\, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable\, panoramic 
 novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions\, wh
 ere the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break\, a
 nd where willful self-sacrifice―for the benefit of loved ones and even st
 rangers―is a kind of prayer.\n\nMore info: https://telluridelibrary.libca
 l.com/event/17493918
URL:https://telluride.gadzooklabs.com/e/wplLibCal-19928-17493918
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