Even though I haven’t read her new book, I could resonate with the passage she read at the end. She also spoke about her MFA program, writing residencies, and juggling writing with raising four kids.

Janice talked about her writing career and how each of her books has taken five years to write. The Expatriates just came out this week and is next on my list. I read her first book, The Piano Teacher (Penguin, 2009), also set in Hong Kong and really enjoyed it.

It’s about a group of female expats in Hong Kong. Her new book, The Expatriates (Viking, 2016), sounds fabulous. Atmospheric, moving, and utterly compelling, The Expatriates confirms Lee as an exceptional talent and one of our keenest observers of women's inner lives.Last night I headed out to Naperville, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles from home, to attend novelist Janice YK Lee’s reading at Anderson’s Bookshop. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her maternal identity in the wake of a shattering loss.Īs each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Now, in her long-awaited new novel, Lee explores with devastating poignancy the emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Lee's blockbuster hit debut, The Piano Teacher, was called immensely satisfying by People, intensely readable by O, The Oprah Magazine, and a rare and exquisite story by Elizabeth Gilbert. Reserved Seating is available. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed. It spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and was translated into 26 languages worldwide. This event is free and open to the public. Lee on Saturday, January 23rd at 6:30pm to discuss and sign her new novel, The Expatriates. Janice is the author of The Piano Teacher, which was published to critical acclaim from the New York Times, People, and O magazine, among others. Warwick's is hosting New York Times bestselling author Janice Y.K.

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