The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation presents

We are thrilled to welcome these four brilliant authors to our 2023-24 series. Library Live is for adventurous readers who enjoy hearing from established literary figures and emerging talent. Novelists, poets, historians, journalists, biographers, memoirists and more share their ideas firsthand with our community. Participate, engage, and be challenged by our presentations with today’s most gifted scribes.

Lisa See

Thursday, October 19, 2023- 7:00pm

To learn more about the event  and to register:  

https://nbplf.foundation/programs/library-live/

The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See (The Island of Sea Women, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and On Gold Mountain), inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China.

According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family – is being raised by her grandmother who teaches her Chinese medicine. But when Yunxian is married, she is banned from practicing medicine and instead is to act like a proper wife. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later?  It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.

 Questions? Contact Director of Programs Kunga Wangmo-Upshaw kupshaw@nbplf.foundation or 949-717-3818.