• Event flyer for Yu & Me Books’ Book Launch: Bad Asians by Lillian Li, in convo with Katharine Chin. Includes author photos, novel cover, Feb 26, 7-8PM ET at 44 Mulberry. Attend for a chance at a signed copy!.
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Book Launch | Bad Asians by Lillian Li

Book Launch | Bad Asians by Lillian Li

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ABOUT THE BOOK

From the acclaimed author of Number One Chinese Restaurant comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another.

Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian were always told that success is guaranteed by following a simple checklist. They worked hard, got A's, and attended a good university—only to graduate into the Great Recession of 2008. Now, despite their newly minted degrees, they’re unemployed and stuck again under their parents’ roofs in a hypercompetitive Chinese American community. So when Grace—once the neighborhood golden child, now a Harvard Law School dropout—asks to make a documentary about the crew, they agree. It’s not like her little movie will ever see the light of day.

But then the video, Bad Asians, goes viral on an up-and-coming media platform (YouTube, anyone?). Suddenly, millions of people know them as cruel caricatures, each full of pent-up frustrations with the others. And after a desperate attempt at spin control further derails their plans for the lives they’d always imagined, the friends must face harsh truths about themselves and coming of age in the new millennium.

Lillian Li’s novel wryly captures a generation shaped by the rise of the internet and the end of the American dream. An epic tale of friendship and family, Bad Asians asks, Can the same people who made you who you are end up keeping you from who you’re meant to be?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lillian Li is the author of Number One Chinese Restaurant, which was long-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Granta, and Travel + Leisure. She is from the DC metro area and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

IN CONVERSATION WITH

Katharine Chin is a Taiwanese-American actor and producer based in New York. Her film/Theatre credits include Coriolanus (Public Theatre), FBI (CBS) and more. As a three-time Audies Award Finalist, Katharine has narrated audiobooks for Harper Collins, Macmillan, Hachette, Penguin Random House, & more. Katharine is a co-artistic director of the nobodies collective, a new works development group in New York City. She has also produced several short films, including “Hot Idiot,” an award-winning workplace comedy.

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