Event Lectures and Symposia Are Secrets Better Buried? Families in Fiction: Donna Hemans and Rachel Khong

Date and Location

  • When: Saturday, August 24, 2024

    9:30 am - 10:30 am EDT

  • Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - West Salon GHI (Street Level, South Building)

    801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Part of National Book Festival ; 2024 National Book Festival

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Family secrets often worm to the surface. Hemans’ “The House of Plain Truth” follows Pearline who is attempting to find family missing for 50 years. Khong’s “Real Americans” introduces us to an unlikely couple — what secrets does their relationship portend? Moderated by Justine Kenin.

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