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SUMMARY:Library Live Series - Helen Zia
DESCRIPTION:<p><b>Helen Zia</b></p><p><em>Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao’s Revolution</em> </p><p>Thursday, February 20, 7:00pm</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Zia is an activist, award-winning author and former journalist. In 2000, her first book<em>, Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People</em>, was a finalist for the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. She also authored the story of Wen Ho Lee in&nbsp;<em>My Country Versus Me</em>, about the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy for China in the “worst case since the Rosenbergs.” Helen’s latest book is&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/202476/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-by-helen-zia/9780345522320/" target="_blank">Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao’s Revolution</a></em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/202476/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-by-helen-zia/9780345522320/" target="_blank">.</a> Released in January 2019, it traces the lives of emigrants and refugees from another cataclysmic time in history that has striking parallels to the difficulties facing migrants today.</p><p><b>Lecture Details</b></p><ul>    <li>Friends Room, Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA</li>    <li>Doors open at 6:30pm</li>    <li>Lecture and Q&amp;A 7:00pm-8:30pm followed by book sale and signing till 9:00pm</li>    <li>Ticket: $27 General / $21 NBPLF Member</li>    <li>Reserve tickets online at <a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">nbplfoundation.or</a><a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">g</a> or by phone at 949-717-3892</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For a full list of 2019-2020 Library Live program:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html</a></p><map id="rade_img_map_1567019337192" name="rade_img_map_1567019337192"><area shape="RECT" coords="15,2,133,123" href="http://"></map>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Helen Zia</b></p><p><em>Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao’s Revolution</em> </p><p>Thursday, February 20, 7:00pm</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Zia is an activist, award-winning author and former journalist. In 2000, her first book<em>, Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People</em>, was a finalist for the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. She also authored the story of Wen Ho Lee in&nbsp;<em>My Country Versus Me</em>, about the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy for China in the “worst case since the Rosenbergs.” Helen’s latest book is&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/202476/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-by-helen-zia/9780345522320/" target="_blank">Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao’s Revolution</a></em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/202476/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-by-helen-zia/9780345522320/" target="_blank">.</a> Released in January 2019, it traces the lives of emigrants and refugees from another cataclysmic time in history that has striking parallels to the difficulties facing migrants today.</p><p><b>Lecture Details</b></p><ul>    <li>Friends Room, Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA</li>    <li>Doors open at 6:30pm</li>    <li>Lecture and Q&amp;A 7:00pm-8:30pm followed by book sale and signing till 9:00pm</li>    <li>Ticket: $27 General / $21 NBPLF Member</li>    <li>Reserve tickets online at <a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">nbplfoundation.or</a><a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">g</a> or by phone at 949-717-3892</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For a full list of 2019-2020 Library Live program:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html" target="_blank">https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/Library-Live.html</a></p><map id="rade_img_map_1567019337192" name="rade_img_map_1567019337192"><area shape="RECT" coords="15,2,133,123" href="http://"></map>
LOCATION:Newport Beach Central Library\, Friends Meeting Room\, 1000 Avocado Avenue Newport Beach\, California 92660
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