{"id":50449,"date":"2015-01-17T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50449"},"modified":"2015-01-14T23:49:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T03:49:43","slug":"from-china-to-america-with-lisa-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50449","title":{"rendered":"From China to America with Lisa See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>01\/17\/2015 9:30am-11am<br \/>\nThe Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society<br \/>\n170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024<br \/>\n<!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50481\" title=\"Lisa See\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lisa-See.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/See-Lisa-CREDIT-Patricia-Williams.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[50449]\"><\/a>EVENT DETAILS<br \/>\n9\u20139:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast<br \/>\n9:30\u201311 am: Program<\/p>\n<p>A descendant of Fong See\u2014a Chinese immigrant who overcame adversity and became the godfather of Los Angeles\u2019s Chinatown\u2014author Lisa See draws inspiration from her heritage and provides a vivid portrait of Chinese culture and American idealism in her writing. In an intimate talk, she discusses her work and shares her family\u2019s unique journey to attain the \u201cAmerican Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa See is the international bestselling author of Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Her newest novel is China Dolls.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyhistory.org\/programs\/china-america-lisa-see\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nyhistory.org\/programs\/china-america-lisa-see<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01\/17\/2015 9:30am-11am The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50465,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50449\/revisions\/50465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}