Forum: Hidden Histories: A Chinese Story in Idaho with Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Tue, Mar 05
|Boise
Time & Location
Mar 05, 2024, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM MST
Boise, 610 Julia Davis Dr, Boise, ID 83702, USA
About the Event
Forum: Hidden Histories: A Chinese Story in Idaho with Jenny Tinghui Zhang
City Club of Boise is honored to present Hidden Histories: A Chinese Story in Idaho with Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of The book, an international bestseller and Editor’s Choice, is Zhang’s debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act. It is about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West, including Idaho.New York Times .Four Treasures of the Sky
Ms. Zhang will be joined by Idaho State Historian, HannaLore Hein, who can provide historical context to this story.
About the story:
Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the…