Book Launch: The Manicurist's Daughter

Mile-high hair. Synthesized music. Underground parties. Shifting Voices Film Fund alum Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of 80s Vietnamese new wave until she rediscovered a hidden past.

Elizabeth Ai will moderate a conversation with Susan Lieu, a fellow Vietnamese-American multi-hyphenate storyteller, to delve into Lieu’s debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter. The event promises to be a reckoning on intergenerational trauma and healing, sprinkled with vulnerability and humor.

The Orange County, California event will conclude with a community Q&A session and book signing.

RSVP for the event info@vaala.org.