PCC Reads 2012-2013: Girl in Translation
Author Jean Kwok Visits PCC
We're excited to announce that Ms. Kwok will be visiting PCC on April 18 and 19, 2013. Thanks to the generous support of campus and district leadership, we are able to connect you with this year's Reads author.
Jean Kwok, photo by Sigrid Estrada
Thursday, April 18
- Cascade, TH 122
- 11 to 11:45am: Author's presentation
- Southeast Center, Great Hall
- 3 to 4pm: Author's presentation
4 to 4:30pm: Book signing
Friday, April 19
- Rock Creek, Building 9 Event Center
- 10:30-11:30am: Author's presentation
11:30am to 12 noon: Book signing - Sylvania, PAC Lobby
- 1:30 to 2:30pm: Author's presentation
2:30 to 3pm: Book signing - Sylvania, Library Lobby
- 3:15 to 4pm: Small group discussion
Additional Campus Events
Southeast Center
- Panel Discussion on the Immigrant Experience
- April 10,10:30 to 11:50am, MSH 201
- Tea Transcending Ceremony
- April 16, 11am to 1pm, Great Hall
This Year's Selection
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Through Kimberly’s story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world we rarely hear about.
Girl in Translation is a powerful but accessible read that provides a window into a world that most of us do not encounter but do experience indirectly through the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs that play out in the daily lives of our diverse population at PCC. The selection committee suggests that Girl in Translation would connect with a number of disciplines and areas of study such as History, Sociology, Comp/Lit, ESOL, Women's Studies, Economics, Business, Reading, and various career areas such as Allied Health.