Join us for an evening of captivating emotional honesty with Kumi Taguchi in conversation with Julia Baird.

Growing up, Kumi Taguchi thought her father was merely distant: reserved, obsessively frugal and – after her parents’ divorce – almost entirely missing. When he died, Kumi’s feelings about him and the Japanese heritage he had given her remained tangled.
But just because a parent has gone doesn’t mean they’re absent. Over time Kumi came to understand more about her father, including his experiences as a child in wartime Japan and, above all, the culture she both loved and felt burdened by.

Kumi’s exquisite memoir is an incredibly moving exploration of history, place and personal relationships.

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