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DESCRIPTION:<strong><span style="color: #c21313\;">In person: $16 General A
 dmission / FREE for Members</strong>\n\n<strong><span style="color: #c2131
 3\;">Virtual: $5 General Admission / FREE for Members</strong>\n\n<strong>
 <span style="color: #c21313\;">\n</strong>\n\nJoin award winning Japanese 
 American authors Naomi Hirahara (An Eternal Lei) and Sarah Kuhn (From Litt
 le Tokyo\, with Love) in discussion of their recently released books that 
 explore the power of young women and the significance of place.\n\n<strong
 >\n</strong>\n\nAbout An Eternal Lei by Naomi Hirahara:\n\nIt’s the midd
 le of the pandemic and Hawaii has been virtually closed to tourists. So wh
 en Leilani Santiago and her young sisters save a mysterious woman wearing 
 an unusual lei from drowning in Waimea Bay in Kaua’i\, questions abound.
  Who is she and where did she come from? Leilani suddenly finds herself in
  the middle of a murder investigation when the lei is traced back to her b
 est friend\, the very pregnant Courtney Kahuakai\, and her family’s flow
 er business.\n\nWhile the woman is in a medically-induced coma at a local 
 hospital\, Leilani sets out to discover her identity and her connections t
 o the island. She is drawn deeper into the mystery\, only to stumble into 
 secrets that prove deadly. When Leilani’s investigation puts her family 
 in danger\, her survival and the safety of those dearest to her will depen
 d on her sense of ingenuity and the strength of her island community.\n\n<
 strong>\n</strong>\n\nAbout From Little Tokyo\, With Love by Sarah Kuhn:\n
 \nIf Rika’s life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale—bei
 ng an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts’ busin
 ess—she would be the first to reject that foolish notion. After all\, sh
 e loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney characters
 )\, and with her biracial background\, amazing judo skills and red-hot tem
 per\, she doesn’t quite fit the princess mold.\n\nAll that changes the i
 nstant she locks eyes with Grace Kimura\, America’s reigning rom-com swe
 etheart\, during the Nikkei Week Festival. From there\, Rika embarks on a 
 madcap adventure of hope and happiness—searching for clues that Grace is
  her long-lost mother\, exploring Little Tokyo’s hidden treasures with c
 ute actor Hank Chen\, and maybe . . . finally finding a sense of belonging
 .\n\nBut fairy tales are fiction and the real world isn’t so kind. Rika 
 knows she’s setting herself up for disappointment\, because happy ending
 s don’t happen to girls like her. Should she walk away before she gets i
 n even deeper\, or let herself be swept away?\n\n<strong>\n</strong>\n\nAn
  Eternal Lei and From Little Tokyo\, With Love will be available in <a hre
 f="https://janmstore.com/">the JANM Store</a> starting March 22nd. Signed 
 copies will be available.\n\n<a href="https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9
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 r Virtual</a>\n
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SUMMARY:Author Discussion—Writing Heroes with Naomi Hirahara &amp\; Sarah
  Kuhn
URL:/en/events/2022/03/26/author-discussionwriting-heroes-with-naomi-hiraha
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