The Secret To Intergenerational Healing with Susan Lieu
Thu, May 29
|Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore
When Susan Lieu was 11 years old, she lost her mother to a botched plastic surgery. Her family never spoke about her mother again. Now, two decades later, Susan is on a journey to share what she learned through the pain: the importance of embracing shame, owning your story, loving your body, and...
Time & Location
May 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
...accepting yourself when no one else will. Join us at Medicine for Nightmares on May 29th at 7:00pm to be in conversation with Susan and moderator, Melanie Elvena. She will present a reading from her memoir, followed by a moderated conversation, audience Q&A, and book signing. Books will be available for purchase.
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American author, playwright, and performer who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. She took her award-winning autobiographical solo show, “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother” on a ten-city national tour, with sold-out premieres and accolades from the Los Angeles Times, NPR, and American Theatre. Her debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter (Celadon), is an Apple Book of the Month, a 2024 Best Book of The Smithsonian, NPR, and Elle Magazine, and has received accolades from The New York Times and The Washington Post. She was recently named one of Seattle Magazine’s Most Influential…