Defining Home
Saturday, May 4 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PMBerkeley Public Library - 5th floor Art and Music
Home is a complex thing: sometimes it’s a physical space, sometimes a concept, sometimes a feeling, sometimes a person. And sometimes a blend of all these and more. These novelists explore the multiple meanings of home with poignancy and vividness. Jane Kuo (Land of Broken Promises) tells the story of Taiwanese immigrant Anna, whose family make a shocking discovery that puts their American dreams at risk. In Mae Respicio’s middle grade novel Isabel in Bloom, a girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden. Kate O’Shaughnessy’s The Wrong Way Home tells the tale of a girl adjusting to the outside world after fleeing an “off the grid community” with her mother. Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic’s Hummingbird Season is a moving and necessary story about finding hope during difficult times, set in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. And Yamile Saied Méndez’ On These Magic Shores features twelve-year-old Minerva Soledad who is determined to reach her goals, despite shouldering more responsibility than the other kids at school–like caring for her two sisters while her mom works two jobs. But one night, Minerva’s mom doesn’t come home, and Minerva has to figure out what to do.
Book signing information: Books Inc, 2nd floor