Zoom Program: Young Adult for Grown Adults Book Club: The Astonishing Color of After by: Emily X.R. Pan

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

What books have you been reading this month? We can talk about The Astonishing Color of After or any books that have been keeping you interested. Let’s talk about something that brings us all together, our love of books. If you have any questions please contact Valerie Davis at vdavis@cc-pl.org.

This is a live program that will be conducted via Zoom, a free online video conferencing
platform. Registration is required. On the day of the program, we will email you with the link to join the live program. You are not required to have a Zoom account . If you would like to create a free account though, you may do so at https://zoom.us/signup.

If you have any questions, please contact Valerie at vdavis@cc-pl.org

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

Newport Branch