November Bookclub at Once Upon a Thyme

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November Bookclub at Once Upon a Thyme

This is a monthly bookclub that meets at Once Upon a Thyme Bookshop. Each novel has an element of cooking or kitchen related themes. Call the shop for more details.

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Address: , , OH [Map/directions]
Event has passed (Sun, Nov 25 2018)
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Cost: FREE

November Bookclub at Once Upon a Thyme

This months selection will be Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li. 

The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family’s controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. 

Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave his late father’s homespun establishment for a fancier one. Jimmy’s older brother, Johnny, and Johnny’s daughter, Annie, ache to return to a time before a father’s absence and a teenager’s silence pushed them apart. Nan and Ah-Jack, longtime Duck House employees, are tempted to turn their thirty-year friendship into something else, even as Nan’s son, Pat, struggles to stay out of trouble. And when Pat and Annie, caught in a mix of youthful lust and boredom, find themselves in a dangerous game that implicates them in the Duck House tragedy, their families must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to help their children. 

Generous in spirit, unaffected in its intelligence, multi-voiced, poignant, and darkly funny, Number One Chinese Restaurantlooks beyond red tablecloths and silkscreen murals to share an unforgettable story about youth and aging, parents and children, and all the ways that our families destroy us while also keeping us grounded and alive.

While this is a free event, please be sure to RSVP so we prepare with enough refreshments for all!

 

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