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Laguna Beach Books hosts Author Lan Cao today, Thursday October 16 2014 at 6:00pm.
Laguna Beach Books is located at 1200 South Coast Highway.

Lam Cao will be discussing her book The Lotus and the Storm.
There will be a Q and A and a signing.
The community is encouraged to attend this free event.

Laguna Beach Books information page details information on the Author:

“Half a century after it began, the Vietnam War still has a hold on our national psyche. Lan Cao’s now-classic debut, Monkey Bridge, won her wide renown for connecting “the opposite realities of Vietnam and America” (Isabel Allende). In her triumphant new novel, Cao transports readers back to the war, illuminating events central to twentieth-century history through the lives of one Vietnamese American family.”

“Minh is a former South Vietnamese commander of the airborne brigade who left his homeland with his daughter, Mai. During the war, their lives became entwined with those of two Americans: James, a soldier, and Cliff, a military adviser. Forty years later, Minh and his daughter Mai live in a close-knit Vietnamese immigrant community in suburban Virginia. As Mai discovers a series of devastating truths about what really happened to her family during those years, Minh reflects upon his life and the story of love and betrayal that has remained locked in his heart since the fall of Saigon.”

“About Lan Cao:
Lan is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Monkey Bridge, published by Viking in 1997. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Yale Law School and worked as a litigation and corporate attorney in New York City for many years until she joined legal academia as a law professor. She is currently a professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law, specializing in international business and trade, international law, and development.”

For more information please link to <a href="http://On Thursday, October 16 at 6:00 pm, Laguna Beach Books is pleased to welcome Lan Cao, author of The Lotus and the Storm, for a talk, Q&A and signing. Half a century after it began, the Vietnam War still has a hold on our national psyche. Lan Cao’s now-classic debut, Monkey Bridge, won her wide renown for connecting “the opposite realities of Vietnam and America” (Isabel Allende). In her triumphant new novel, Cao transports readers back to the war, illuminating events central to twentieth-century history through the lives of one Vietnamese American family. Minh is a former South Vietnamese commander of the airborne brigade who left his homeland with his daughter, Mai. During the war, their lives became entwined with those of two Americans: James, a soldier, and Cliff, a military adviser. Forty years later, Minh and his daughter Mai live in a close-knit Vietnamese immigrant community in suburban Virginia. As Mai discovers a series of devastating truths about what really happened to her family during those years, Minh reflects upon his life and the story of love and betrayal that has remained locked in his heart since the fall of Saigon. About Lan Cao: Lan is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Monkey Bridge, published by Viking in 1997. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Yale Law School and worked as a litigation and corporate attorney in New York City for many years until she joined legal academia as a law professor. She is currently a professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law, specializing in international business and trade, international law, and development.

For more information please link to Laguna Beach Books