Vroman's Bookstore: Mae Ngai discusses Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice
2024-04-22 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Known throughout his lifetime as the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate,” the late photojournalist Corky Lee documented Asian American and Pacific Islander communities for fifty years, breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans as docile, passive, and, above all, foreign to this country. Corky Lee’s Asian America is a stunning retrospective of his life’s work–a selection of the best photographs from his vast collection, from his start in New York’s Chinatown in the 1970s to his coverage of diverse Asian American communities across the country until his untimely passing in 2021.
Corky Lee’s Asian America traces Lee’s decades-long quest for photographic justice, following Asian American social movements for recognition and rights alongside his artistic development as an activist social photographer. Iconic photographs feature protests against police brutality in New York in the 1970s, a Sikh man draped in an American flag after 9/11, and a reenactment of the completion of the transcontinental railroad of 1869 featuring descendants of Chinese railroad workers, and his last photos of community life and struggle during the coronavirus pandemic.
Asian American writers, artists, activists, and friends of Lee reflect on his life and career and provide rich historical and cultural context to his photographs, including a foreword from writer Hua Hsu and contributions from artist Ai Weiwei, filmmaker Renée Tajima-Peña, writer Helen Zia, photographer Alan Chin, historian Gordon Chang, playwright David Henry Hwang, and more.
Featuring never-before-seen photographs alongside his best-known images, Corky Lee’s Asian America represents Lee’s mission to chronicle a history of inclusion, resistance, ethnic pride, and patriotism. This is a remarkable documentation of vital moments in Asian American history and a timely reminder that it’s also a history that we continue to make.

Coffee with a Cop in Playhouse Village
2024-04-23 08:30 - 10:30 | Target, 777 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pasadena Police Department invites you to enjoy Coffee with a Cop. Free cup of coffee while supplies last!

Vroman's Bookstore: Michael Ramos discusses The After: A Veteran's Notes on Coming Home
2024-04-23 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
When Michael Ramos enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to serve as a chaplain’s bodyguard thirteen days before 9/11, he had no idea he would soon be sent to Iraq. But he embraced the posting, combat service, and career for a decade, until, at age thirty-four, the military told him his skill set was no longer relevant. Through divorce and remarriage, his son’s choice to enlist in the Marines, the loss of friends to war and suicide, and his inability to sleep or rest, Michael struggled with the return to civilian life, and particularly with civilian attitudes toward veterans.
In twenty-four concussive, embodied, and nonlinear essays, Michael creates a challenging and complex portrait of what it means to be a warrior, civilian, veteran, father, husband, and teacher–for he ultimately uses the skills he developed in the military to help others find meaning in their lives. While this may sound like a redemption story, it is instead a brutally honest portrayal that refuses easy answers and seeks to help other war veterans realize they’re not alone as they search for their place in the world.

Vroman's Bookstore: Kaveh Akbar discusses Martyr!
2024-04-24 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past–toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning–in faith, art, ourselves, others. (Knopf Publishing Group)
“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” –Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of There There
“The best novel you’ll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” –Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies

The Monarca Collective: "Como la Flor" Paint Night
2024-04-25 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
The Monarca Collective in Playhouse Village presents “Como la Flor” – Selena Paint Night on Thursday, April 25th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Local artist Mextica will guide participants through the creation of their very own “Bidi bidi bom bom” masterpiece! No experience is necessary; the paint events are about tapping into your creativity and painting a work of art as unique as you are!
Included in the event:

All paint supplies
One adult beverage by El Portal Mexican Restaurant (21+)
Exclusive after-hours shopping time at The Monarca Collective
10% off in-store shopping (day of event only)
Free 1-hour parking on site (696 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 91101)
Selena Tunes and Bidi Bidi Bom Bom Vibes!!

Seats are limited, so reserve yours soon. The cost is $50 per person.
What to bring:

Your friends, compadres, prim@s, parents, and more!
Personal apron (aprons are available to borrow if you don’t have one)
Your smile and good vibes!!

Food and drinks will be available for purchase from El Portal during the workshop. They encourage you to come early and have a full sit-down dinner before class begins.
IMPORTANT NOTICE – If you would like to be seated next to other attendees, please leave the full group list in the notes at check out.
TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE Please message @shop.monarca.collective on Instagram if you have any questions.

SCCM: Autism Acceptance and Storytime & Workshop
2024-04-25 12:30 - 15:30 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Led by pediatric occupational therapist, Kira Bender, museum patrons will enjoy a reading of My Brain is Magic by Prasha Sooful, followed by a sensory playtime. Kira will lead a short workshop for caregivers focused on identifying supportive services for autistic children and encouraging inclusive relationships among all children. Kira will also provide a recommended book list for families, as well as a list of community resources. Storytime and workshop are free with admission.

El Portal: Dodgers
2024-04-25 13:05 | El Portal Restaurant, 695 East Green Street , Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
El Portal invites you to view the Dodgers Game at their Bar this upcoming April 25th at 1:05PM. Enjoy game day with hotdogs, peanuts, margaritas, and beers!

Ice House Comedy: NFL Draft Party
2024-04-25 16:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy and Football is Sexy are hosting an NFL Draft Party like no other!! The party will take place in the beautiful California Room. Watch the draft live on a giant HD video wall. After the broadcast, the party continues with a live DJ. Raffles and cool giveaways throughout the night. Come early and stay late. Your $25 ticket includes 1 FREE item (up to $15 value) from the Ice House’s delicious food and drink menu. Your 1 Free item also counts towards the club’s 2-item minimum.

Pasadena Heritage: Historic Places Pasadena: ﻿Completing Our Story Community Meeting
2024-04-25 18:00 | Pasadena Heritage, The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, 91101, United States
Pasadena Heritage invites you to join them for an open house that will be run by the survey team and City staff. This open house is free and open to members and the general public. Bring your thoughts and ideas of places and buildings that should be studied in the survey if you have them, or be inspired to take part as the survey continues.
Historic Places Pasadena
The start of 2024 marked the start of the main public outreach period for the citywide historic survey, “Historic Places Pasadena: Completing Our Story,” which is being undertaken by Historic Resources Group (HRG) and Architectural Resources Group (ARG) under the direction of the Design and Historic Preservation Department. They have been featured at several community meetings and events so far, and have added new sites to their interactive map of user-generated sites.

Vroman's Bookstore: James Charles Darnborough discusses The Gambler’s Game
2024-04-25 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
In the twilight of the 19th century, as the Old West collides with the opulence of the Gilded Age, one man embarks on a journey that will redefine his life. The Gambler’s Game is a captivating historical fiction saga that follows the extraordinary life of a mid-western baseball player turned high-stakes gambler. His audacious spirit leads him from the dust chocked plains to the refined ambiance of English garden parties and the allure of Belle Epoque Monte Carlo.
This romantic and fast-paced tale will transport you to a time when anything was possible, where dreams were chased, and risks were taken.
This is a story of self-discovery in a rapidly changing world. The Gambler’s Game lures readers into a realm where the echoes of gunshots meet the clinking of champagne glasses, and the magnificent network of railways and steamships takes the reader on grand adventures.
Bill ultimately finds himself torn between his love of gambling and a woman who might make him give it all up.

Monopole Wine by RX: Live Music featuring Leo from Rio!
2024-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Get ready for an exciting evening of live music hosted by Monopole Wine by RX featuring special guest Leo from Rio! This event is free with a 2-drink minimum required. Enjoy music and drinks at your favorite local wine shop and browse their selection of national and international wines.

The Mixx Pasadena: Sade Vs Selena
2024-04-25 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mix Pasadena presents Sade Vs Selena with very special guest DJs Jen Rock playing SOULFUL GROOVES + one of the greatest mixx masters in LA . . .DJ SANTI formerly of the world-famous SUPER ESTRELLA + Automatico Fiesta. Enjoy rare b sides and remixes + exclusive live music video mixes on the largest LED Wall in town + all your favorite grooves

Ice House Comedy: Al Madrigal, Doug Benson, Adam Hunter
2024-04-26 07:30 - 21:00 | CA
Ice House Comedy presents Al Madrigal, Doug Benson, Adam Hunter! Live in the California Room! The show starts at 7:30pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Vroman's Bookstore: Shaina Steinberg discusses Under the Paper Moon
2024-04-26 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
It’s 1942, and as far as her father knows, Evelyn Bishop, heiress to an aeronautics fortune, is working as a translator in London. In truth, Evelyn–daring, beautiful, and as adept with a rifle as she is in five languages–has joined the Office of Strategic Services as a spy. Her goal is personal: to find her brother, who is being held as a POW in a Nazi labor camp. Through one high-risk mission after another she is paired with the reckless and rebellious Nick Gallagher, growing ever close to him until the war’s end brings with it an act of deep betrayal.
Six years later, Evelyn is back home in Los Angeles, working as a private investigator. The war was supposed to change everything, yet Evelyn, contemplating marriage to her childhood sweetheart, feels stifled by convention. Then the suspected cheating husband she’s tailing is murdered, and suddenly Evelyn is back in Nick’s orbit again.
Teaming up for a final mission, Evelyn and Nick begin to uncover the true nature of her case– and realize that the war has followed them home. For beyond the public horrors waged by nations there are countless secret, desperate acts that still reverberate on both continents, and threaten everything Evelyn holds dear.

Ice House Comedy: Al Madrigal, Doug Benson, Adam Hunter
2024-04-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Al Madrigal, Doug Benson, Adam Hunter! Live in the Legendary Room. The show Starts at 7pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

The Mixx Pasadena: Live Double Feature to Depeche Mode, Morrissey & The Smiths
2024-04-26 20:00 - 23:30 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx Pasadena for a special Flashback Double Feature Tributes to Depeche Mode, Morrissey, and The Smiths LIVE! Two amazing tribute bands will perform, with resident DJs and Music Selectors Ane Uno and DJ Jack Tames playing the best live music video mixx on the largest LED Wall in town. Pregame with Happy Hours Flashback Karaoke and enjoy $5 drink and dinner specials.

Ice House Comedy: Uncensored Comedy w/Chaunte Wayans
2024-04-26 21:00 - 22:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Uncensored Comedy w/Chaunte Wayans! Live in the Legendary Room! The show starts at 9pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Jamar, Neighbors & Friends
2024-04-26 21:30 - 23:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Jamar, Neighbors & Friends! Live in the California Room! The show starts at 9:30pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Darrell Hammond, Nemr, Madison Sinclair
2024-04-27 09:15 - 22:45 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Darrell Hammond, Nemr, Madison Sinclair! Live in the California Room. The show starts at 9:15pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

SCCM: Connections Exhibits and Workshops
2024-04-27 11:30 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Connections is a public project produced for the Southern California Children’s Museum by the nonprofit Drawing Together in collaboration with four artists: Karen Godfrey and Mary Duman from Wrightwood and Amy Bauer and Emily Gallagher from Los Angeles. The exhibit and workshops aim to explore our connection to each other and the planet and address social isolation. Research has found that nearby nature can help us feel connected by offering socially isolated people an alternative way of feeling connected and overcoming the effect of low social connectedness.
Join Southern California Children’s Museum for several workshops and an exhibit that brings nature, imagination, and connection for little ones together! This project is made possible by an Impact Grant from the California Arts Council, a state granting agency.
Workshop: April 27th at 11:30 – Interconnected Wonders
The Interconnected Wonders workshop offers cooperative activities to experience a felt sense of our place in the larger web of life on Earth. Children will be invited to connect through a community connection action and imaginative play dress-up activity.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Karen Godfrey: As a mixed media artist, I am richly inspired and intrigued by the raw wild beauty inherent in the immense and minute wonders of Life itself. I am informed by the vast sensuality of the rhythmic seasons and cycle of Nature: The Spiral Dance of Birth, Life, Death, and Rebirth.
Amy Bauer: A lifelong maker, Amy Bauer is an artist, designer, educator, creator of Fun-A-Day-LA, and Creative Corps Grantee 23-24. Amy explores environmental themes and ties them into an investigation of the likenesses and frictions between her urban life and her folk art aesthetic.
Emily Gallagher: Emily Gallagher is a soprano and community-based artist living in Los Angeles. She has performed in the United States and Europe and works to unite communities through the arts through programming that is accessible and engaging for a diverse audience.
Mary Duman: Mary Duman is an experienced ceramics instructor and artist for over 30 years, who currently serves as a resident artist at Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology. Drawing inspiration from nature, ancient Celtic symbols, and the Wheel of the Year, her sculptures act as portals to ancestral wisdom.

Vromans Bookstore: A Special Musical Storytime featuring the Pasadena Conservatory of Music
2024-04-27 11:30 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Ten terrific rabbits bounce off the pages of Sandra Boynton’s The Bunny Rabbit Show, and into the imaginations of your little ones! Students and faculty from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music will put on a musical storytime show for Caregivers and children aged 3-9 with fun activities and crafts.

Ice House Comedy: Darrell Hammond, Nemr, Madison Sinclair
2024-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Darrell Hammond, Nemr, Madison Sinclair! Live in the Legendary Room! The show Starts at 7pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Ladies Love Comedy
2024-04-27 20:00 - 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy Ladies Love Comedy! Live in the California Room. The show starts at 8pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

The Mixx Pasadena: Very Very Very Best of the LIVE 80’s Show
2024-04-27 20:00 - 23:30 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
April may be over, but Spring is in full effect. Join The Mixx Pasadena for the Very Very Very best MIXX of the 80s with live performances by ATOMIC BLOND performing all your favorite 80s Hits live. + DJ Jack Tames playing all the best music video hits on the largest LED Wall in town.

Ice House Comedy: Laugh Your Truth Comedy Show
2024-04-27 22:00 - 23:30 | CA
Ice House Comedy presents Laugh Your Truth Comedy Show. Live in the California Room! The show starts at 10pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Step into the electrifying world of LYT Comedy Show, where laughter knows no bounds! This isn’t just another comedy event – it’s an immersive show where the spotlight isn’t just on the stage – it’s on YOU, the audience! Get ready to be an active participant in the ultimate comedic experience. So grab your light, raise it high, and join us for a night filled with comedy’s top talent as seen on Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO, and more! LYT Comedy is for the people.

Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Vroman’s presents Alua Arthur discusses Briefly Perfectly Human
2024-04-29 19:00 | All Saints Church, 132 North Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country’s leading death doula, she’s spreading a transformative message: thinking about your death–whether imminent or not–will breathe wild, new potential into your life.
Warm, generous, and funny AF, Alua supports and helps manage end-of-life care on many levels. The business matters, medical directives, memorial planning; but also honoring the quiet moments, when monitors are beeping and loved ones have stepped out to get some air–or maybe not shown up at all–and her clients become deeply contemplative and want to talk. Aching, unfinished business often emerges. Alua has been present for thousands of these sacred moments–when regrets, fears, secret joys, hidden affairs, and dim realities are finally said aloud. When this happens, Alua focuses her attention at the pulsing center of her clients’ anguish and creates space for them, and sometimes their loved ones, to find peace.
This has had a profound effect on Alua, who was already no stranger to death’s periphery. Her family fled a murderous coup d’état in Ghana in the 1980s. She has suffered major, debilitating depressions. And her dear friend and brother-in-law died of lymphoma. Advocating for him in his final months is what led Alua to her life’s calling. She knows firsthand the power of bearing witness and telling the truth about life’s painful complexities, because they do not disappear when you look the other way. They wait for you.
Briefly Perfectly Human is a life-changing, soul-gathering debut, by a writer whose empathy, tenderness, and wisdom shimmers on the page. Alua Arthur combines intimate storytelling with a passionate appeal for loving, courageous end-of-life care–what she calls “death embrace.” Hers is a powerful testament to getting in touch with something deeper in our lives, by embracing the fact of our own mortality. “Hold that truth in your mind,” Alua says, “and wondrous things will begin to grow around it.” (Mariner Books)
Tembi Locke is a New York Times bestselling author, TV producer, actor, and screenwriter with a passion for connecting with her audience both on the page and on the screen. In partnership with Hello Sunshine, Tembi served as co-creator and executive producer for the adaptation of her memoir, “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home,” for Netflix. The series, “From Scratch,” became an instant global hit, spending weeks on Netflix’s Top Ten List in over thirty countries around the world and earning six NAACP Image Award nominations and the prestigious Los Angeles Film Italy award. Her aforementioned memoir was also a Reese’s Book Club pick and an instant bestseller. Tembi and her sister, Attica, are currently under an overall development deal with Universal Television
In addition to her accomplishments as a writer and producer, Tembi is an accomplished actor with over sixty film and television credits. She most recently held a recurring role on Netflix’s hit show, “Never Have I Ever.” Offscreen, she is a nationally recognized speaker, delivering keynotes on resilience, loss, creativity and the power of storytelling. Her TEDx talk has been viewed by individuals and nonprofits around the world. She launched her podcast, “Lifted,” which features dynamic women sharing their stories of what and who have lifted their lives. Through her work Tembi aims to inspire people to embrace resilience, love, and the power of community.
This ticketed event will take place in the Forum at All Saints Church located at 132 N Euclid Ave, Pasadena.
Tickets include one copy of Briefly Perfectly Human which will be handed out at check-in.
A book signing will follow the discussion.

Vroman's Bookstore: Holly Gramazio discusses The Husbands
2024-04-30 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem–she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they’ve been together for years.
As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you’ve taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

Vroman's Bookstore: Storytime with Mr. Steve reading Wheels on the Bus!
2024-05-01 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s Bookstore partners with Pasadena Playhouse for a special edition of Storytime with Mr. Steve. Enjoy Wheels on the Bus before Pasadena Playhouse opens its interactive musical experience for toddlers and preschoolers.

Vroman's Bookstore: Minh Lê and Dan Santat present Built to Last
2024-05-01 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Meet two friends who think they’re building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they’ve been building something far greater–a sturdy, solid friendship–in this picturebook by award-winning creators.
Two kids build entire worlds out of blocks, cardboard, and imagination. From boats attacked by a sea creature to a castle crumbling into the ocean. And they don’t mind when these creations break apart and CRASH to the floor. They think it’s pretty funny! Every time, a creation falls apart, they pick up the pieces and keep building bigger and better.
But when their latest masterpiece tumbles down spectacularly, the boys aren’t laughing anymore. Have these two friends reached their breaking point?
Playful text by wordsmith Minh Lê and dazzling illustrations by artisan Dan Santat showcase their close collaboration in their latest picture book. As merry as it is moving, here is a story that recognizes the friendships in life that are truly built to last.

Vroman's Bookstore: Christina Vo discusses My Vietnam, Your Vietnam: A Father Flees. a Daughter Returns. a Dual Memoir.
2024-05-03 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
In this captivating, heartfelt dual memoir, Christina Vo and her father, Nghia M. Vo, delve into themes of their identity, heritage, and the tragic multi-generational ordeals of war, with intertwined stories that present a multifaceted portrayal of Vietnam and its profound influence on shaping both familial bonds and individual identities across time.
Nghia M. Vo left Vietnam in April 1975 with only the clothes on his back, following the US withdrawal of troops and the fall of Saigon. After a harrowing two-month journey, he found himself in a refugee camp outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he began the painful process of reconnecting with his family and rebuilding his life as a medical doctor. Christina Vo, Nghia’s daughter, grew up in the US. As a restless young adult, she felt a longing to connect with her heritage and soon moved to Hanoi in former North Vietnam–much to her father’s distress–to discover a country that had changed dramatically since the war, yet retained many of the ancient traits experienced by her ancestors.
Captivating in its fluid movement and evocative depictions of place, My Vietnam, Your Vietnam offers readers a rich, multilayered exploration of Vietnam through two very distinct voices and perspectives. The memoir’s exploration of healing the trauma suffered by war refugees and their families echoes far beyond the personal experience of the two authors, providing a path to discussion of reconciliation and hope.
