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SUMMARY:Library: An Evening with Naomi Hirahara
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with award-winning author Naomi Hirahara
  as\n  she discusses Crown City\, the final installment in her Japantown\n
   Mystery series. Hirahara will reflect on the historical research that\n 
  shapes her fiction and share insights into the craft behind her\n  acclai
 med storytelling.\nBooks will be available for purchase and signing.\nAbou
 t Crown City\n  \n   Pasadena\, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke “Ryui” W
 ada\n  staggers off the boat from Yokohama\, Japan\, ready to reinvent him
 self\n  after the untimely deaths of his parents. Though battling loneline
 ss\n  and culture shock\, Ryui does his best to settle into his work as an
 \n  art dealer’s apprentice while adjusting to his new home. From his\n  e
 nigmatic photographer roommate\, Jack\, to the beautiful seamstress\n  liv
 ing downstairs\, Ryui finds himself surrounded by colorful\n  characters a
 nd unbelievable opportunities and is soon utterly swept up\n  in all “Crow
 n City” has to offer.   But tensions are\n  seething under Pasadena’s bust
 ling prosperity. Ryui is the victim of\n  an anti-Japanese attack\, and a 
 painting is stolen from the studio of\n  Toshio Aoki\, Pasadena’s most suc
 cessful Japanese artist\, who then\n  hires Ryui and Jack to investigate. 
 It’s not long before their\n  sleuthing leads them into real danger. Ryui 
 is a naive young man in a\n  foreign country—has he bitten off more than h
 e can chew?  \n  In this fish-out-of-water mystery\, studded with cameos b
 y real\n  historical figures\, Edgar Award–winner Naomi Hirahara brings to
  life a\n  little-known slice of California history.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for an evening with award-winning auth
 or Naomi Hirahara as\n  she discusses Crown City\, the final installment i
 n her Japantown\n  Mystery series. Hirahara will reflect on the historical
  research that\n  shapes her fiction and share insights into the craft beh
 ind her\n  acclaimed storytelling.\nBooks will be available for purchase a
 nd signing.\nAbout Crown City\n  \n   Pasadena\, 1903: Eighteen-year-old R
 yunosuke “Ryui” Wada\n  staggers off the boat from Yokohama\, Japan\, read
 y to reinvent himself\n  after the untimely deaths of his parents. Though 
 battling loneliness\n  and culture shock\, Ryui does his best to settle in
 to his work as an\n  art dealer’s apprentice while adjusting to his new ho
 me. From his\n  enigmatic photographer roommate\, Jack\, to the beautiful 
 seamstress\n  living downstairs\, Ryui finds himself surrounded by colorfu
 l\n  characters and unbelievable opportunities and is soon utterly swept u
 p\n  in all “Crown City” has to offer.   But tensions are\n  seething unde
 r Pasadena’s bustling prosperity. Ryui is the victim of\n  an anti-Japanes
 e attack\, and a painting is stolen from the studio of\n  Toshio Aoki\, Pa
 sadena’s most successful Japanese artist\, who then\n  hires Ryui and Jack
  to investigate. It’s not long before their\n  sleuthing leads them into r
 eal danger. Ryui is a naive young man in a\n  foreign country—has he bitte
 n off more than he can chew?  \n  In this fish-out-of-water mystery\, stud
 ded with cameos by real\n  historical figures\, Edgar Award–winner Naomi H
 irahara brings to life a\n  little-known slice of California history.
LOCATION:Buena Vista Branch Library (300 N. Buena Vista St.)
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