There is no excessive gore, but there are raw moments of pain.” It asks - and answers - the question: What is important? Who is important? Here, the old aphorism “all that glitters is not gold” is particularly apt.” Her summation lets us know that “This is a book about women’s and queer voices, about their importance in spite of - and in the face of - erasure.”, and to “Be prepared for subtlety and grace, but also for pleasure, for a working-class perspective on momentous events, for ghosts and damp pine boughs. NPR’s reviewer of Empress of Salt and Fortune, Jessica Wick, tells us “Nghi Vo’s story of women and intrigue at the end of one empire and beginning of another reveals in flashes that what you think you see isn’t all there is to see. Copies of the book are available for checkout in print, through Libby ( eBook and eAudio ), and Hoopla ( eAudio ).
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Rabbit, a handmaiden sold by her parents to the palace, befriends the emperor’s lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. At once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the young royal In-yo as she embarks on a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China.
Join us virtually on Thursday, June 16 th, from 5:30-6:30 pm for a lively discussion of The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo.
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