Storefront Church is excited to host the next iteration of Neighborhood Book Club at Neighbor this November.

We will be discussing Stay True by Hua Hsu. Please obtain a copy of the book and read it ahead of time. Purchasing from Bookshop.org supports local bookstores, or consider purchasing from 192 Books on 10th and 21st around the corner from Neighbor. :) 

Here's a description of the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir: 

In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them.

But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet.

Determined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends—his memories—Hua turned to writing. Stay True is the book he’s been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.

This is a free event and anyone is welcome to join. Feel free to bring your dinner or a snack to share.

Registration is optional but helpful to let us know you're coming: https://neighborbookclub.eventbrite.com