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Secrets and Sacrifice: Daring Debut Novels Centering Women & WWII Japan

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday, November 16

Capitol Extension Room: E2.010 (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701)

Steeped in intimacy and connection, these literary debuts from Vanessa Chan and Amanda Churchill center women who hold devastating secrets. Grounded in the aftereffects of Japanese occupation during WWII, The Storm We Made and The Turtle House are lucid depictions of the sacrifices made to keep family safe in the face of brutality and war. Churchill's novel moves between 1990s Texas and pre-WWII Japan, while Chan's explores 1945 Malaya. Rich prose from both offers heart-wrenching characters and histories, as the authors write toward belonging, love, and fierce devotion to family. Join Chan and Churchill in this session as they discuss the persevering women of their novels and the lives they must lead amidst a WWII Japanese landscape.