Author Spotlight Lunch Pail Series Bulletin

Reminder: Happening

Friday, 11/15 at Noon!

OLLI's Author Spotlight Lunch Pail Series

is Happening Next Friday on Zoom!

Friday, November 15th 2024 at 12pm (Noon)

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

LUNCH PAIL SERIES TOPIC:


Memoir


"Bamboo Secrets: One Woman’s Quest Through the Shadows of Japan"


Featuring...



Author, Pat Miller

About the Memoir

source: https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Secrets-Womans-through-Shadows-ebook/dp/B01FGRFH1S?ref_=ast_author_cp_dp

Recognized as one of the Top Five Finalists in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for 2017!



While living in Japan in 1993, Patricia Dove Miller's dream of a year of exploration and personal growth is shattered when her husband is detained on drug charges. Miller struggles with a sense of betrayal upon learning her husband's secrets and yet she stands by him, fighting to save both him and their marriage in the face of the terrifying uncertainties now confronting them. To save herself, she seeks refuge in two Japanese traditional arts--ikebana and shakuhachi (bamboo flute)--which not only nourish and strengthen her, but also lead her to finally discover, at age fifty-two, her life's passion: to become a writer. Bamboo Secrets: One Woman's Quest through the Shadows of Japan weaves together four strands: a mature woman in search of herself, a marriage in trouble, the dark side of Japan, and the beauty of Japanese art and culture.

Purchase or View Bamboo Secrets: One Woman’s Quest Through the Shadows of Japan on Amazon.com: Click Here!

DESCRIPTION:


November 15 – Pat Miller – Memoir – Bamboo Secrets: One Woman’s Quest Through the Shadows of Japan

Patricia Dove Miller is a third-generation Californian, born and raised in the Berkeley hills. She has lived in the mountains outside of Cali, Colombia, in a tiny rice-farming village in North Thailand, and also at the edge of the northeastern hills in Kyoto, Japan. She attended Stanford University, and much later, at the age of sixty-six, completed her MFA in creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Pat lives in Grass Valley, where she is writing her second book and teaching creative writing.


Her memoir, Bamboo Secrets, focuses on the beauty and the difficulties she encountered while living in the cultural center of Kyoto, Japan.


Guest: Pat Miller

Moderator: Joan Griffin

Date: Friday, November 15th 2024 at 12pm (Noon)-1pm

Location: Online via Zoom

SKU: FalALIT081

*Price of Admission: $5 Donation to SC Food Pantry

*Class Dates: 11/15 (only). 


*Membership Required. *Registration Required.

*Proceeds will be donated to the Sierra College Food Pantry.

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