Bestselling author Lisa See will discuss her new book, China Dolls, a WWII-era drama of friendship and betrayal amongst three Chinese American women whose lives cross in the glamorous nightclubs of San Francisco’s Chinatown.

The women’s fortunes take a turn after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the book includes detailed accounts of the World War II imprisonment of Japanese Americans. See will also talk about her family’s personal connections to the Japanese American incarceration experience and her grandfather’s early efforts to exhibit art by Asian Americans.

Audience Q&A to follow.

Free with general admission. The book is available at the JANM Store.

Read an interview with Lisa See on Discover Nikkei>>