Nancy Jooyoun Kim In Store For Her New Novel WHAT WE KEPT TO OURSELVES

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Thursday, October 26th at 7 pm when Bay Area author NANCY JOOYOUN KIM will read from, discuss, and sign copies of her new NOVEL _What We Kept To Ourselves_. The New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick, _The Last Story of Mina Lee,_ returns with a timely and surprising new NOVEL ABOUT A FAMILY’s search for answers following the disappearance of their mother. NANCY WILL BE JOINED IN CONVERSATION BY BERKELEY AUTHOR HANNAH MICHELL. Both a riveting page-turner and moving family story, _What We Kept to Ourselves_ masterfully explores the consequences of secrets between parents and children, hus­bands and wives. It is the story of one unforgettable family’s search for home when all seems lost, and a powerful meditation on identity, migration, and what it means to dream in America. NANCY JOOYOUN KIM is the New York Times bestselling author of _What We Kept to Ourselves _and _The Last Story of Mina Lee_, a Reese’s Book Club pick. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. HANNAH MICHELL grew up in Seoul. She studied anthropology and philosophy at Cambridge University and now lives in California with her husband and children. She teaches in the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program at UC BERKELEY. Her U.S. debut NOVEL, _Excavations, _was published in 2023.