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DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed author and San Francisco Chinatown native Ruthanne Lum McCunn 
 will read from her newest historical novel God of Luck on Wednesday, 
 November 14, 2007 from 7-9 pm at the I-Hotel Manilatown Center.\n\nIn God 
 of Luck, Ah Lung and his beloved wife, Bo See, are separated by a cruel 
 fate when, like thousands of other Chinese men in the nineteenth century, 
 he is kidnapped, enslaved and sent from his village in southeastern China 
 to the deadly guano mines off the shore of Peru. Bo See never loses hopes 
 of being reunited with him and employs all of her resources to ensure his 
 return—including praying to the God of Luck.\n\nMcCunn will also read 
 excerpts of her novel Wooden Fish Songs (1997), newly revised for 
 re-publication by University of Washington Press. The remarkable true story 
 of 19th century immigrant-cum-renown horticulturalist Lum Gim Gong, Wooden 
 Fish Songs has been adapted for stage and has been presented 
 nationwide.\n\nThe event is co-presented by Manilatown Heritage Foundation, 
 Chinese Culture Center, Chinese Historical Society of America, Kearny 
 Street Workshop, and Asian American Women Artists Association.\n\n“Never 
 separating history from its impact on individual people, McCunn has reached 
 into her characters’ hearts to bring readers a story of emotional depth 
 and truth”\n\n--Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret 
 Fan\n\n“A meticulously researched and beautifully written tale of early 
 Chinese migration to the Americas…God of luck is a splendid 
 read.”\n\n--Franklin Odo, Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American 
 Program, Smithsonian Institution\nAbout Ruthanne Lum McCunn\n\nBorn in 1946 
 in San Francisco's Chinatown of Scottish and Chinese descent, Ruthanne Lum 
 McCunn grew up in Hong Kong, where she was educated first in Chinese and 
 then British schools. In 1962 she returned to the U.S. to attend 
 college.\n\nHer first novel, Thousand Pieces of Gold, first published in 
 1982, depicted a Chinese American pioneer’s experiences as a slave and 
 free woman in the Pacific Northwest. Acclaimed as a "stunning biography" by 
 the Los Angeles Times, the book was twice a Quality Paperback Book Club 
 Alternate and was adapted for film in 1991. McCunn’s other titles include 
 Pie-Biter, Sole Survivor, Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories 
 1828-1988, and The Mood Pearl.\n\nMcCunn’s work has been translated into 
 eleven languages and published in twenty-two countries. She has taught at 
 Cornell University, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of 
 San Francisco, and lectures frequently at community organizations, schools, 
 and libraries.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/06/18458587.php
SUMMARY:Love, Luck, and Resistance: The Chinese Experience on Both Sides of the Pacific
LOCATION:International Hotel Manilatown Center\n868 Kearny Street (at Jackson)\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/06/18458587.php
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