(you’ll see the Student Center ahead on your left and McNair Hall on your right). After turning into entrance number 20, proceed to the main intersection. From Rice Blvd., enter the Rice campus at entrance number 20 and follow signs to the garage. Parking: You’ll be parking in the Central Campus Garage Visitor Parking Lot. Where: Morrow Room of the Fondren Library at Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005. What: We will partner with the Asia Society to host Lisa See as she discusses and signs her newest novel, Dreams of Joy. Both women face almost insurmountable struggles as they combat their guilt-ridden past and a Communist China intolerant of their free spirits, and the tension in their stories is heightened by Pearl's selfless determination to rescue Joy and bring her home. Devastated after discovering the shocking truth about her mother and father, Joy flees to China to find a new life (and her real father)-and Pearl, realizing what has happened, sets out for Mao's China, resolved to find her daughter. Lisa’s new novel Dreams of Joy picks up where Shanghai Girls ended. She is also the author of the widely acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. Lisa See is the author of six previous novels, including the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (which was nominated for an Edgar Award), The Interior, and Dragon Bones.
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