AAPI Book Club - "Your House Will Pay" by Steph Cha

As a Filipina-owned bookstore, we're excited to start the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Book Club at Bel Canto Books. We will read new fiction and non-fiction by writers of the Asian diaspora.

Currently meets online the 2nd Sunday of the month at 12AM Pacific. Free to attend; all are welcome!

UPDATE March 2021 - "Your House Will Pay" by Steph Cha

About the book:
A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime.
In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it’s been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. She’s distraught that her sister hasn’t spoken to their mother in two years, for reasons beyond Grace’s understanding. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. He just wants to be left alone to enjoy his quiet life in Palmdale.
But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence.

Online Discussion on Sun 4/11 at 12PM Pacific

To purchase the book:
Physical copy: https://shopthehangout.com/products/bcb-your-house-will-pay
Audiobook: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780062967381?bookstore=belcantobooks

To sign up for our AAPI Book Club and receive the online meeting link, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGlolPNrMsZTkN25z8lD7287yy2-le-ktbzeffIVXgz3kqUw/viewform