This month we will be reading Hua Hsu's "S tay True\," \;a gripping memoir on friendship\, grief\, the search for self\, and the solace that can be found through art.
\nIn the eyes of eighteen-year-old \;Hua \;Hsu\, \;the problem with Ken--wit h his passion for Dave Matthews\, Abercrombie &\; Fitch\, and his frate rnity--is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken\, whose Japanese Amer ican 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 him self in opposition to. The only thing \;Hua \;and Ken have in comm on is that\, however they engage with it\, American culture doesn't seem t o have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions\,&nbs p\;Hua \;and Ken become friends\, a friendship built on late-night con versations over cigarettes\, long drives along the California coast\, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violentl y\, senselessly\, Ken is gone\, killed in a carjacking\, not even three ye ars after the day they first meet. Determined to hold on to all that was l eft of one of his closest friends--his memories--Hua turned to writing.&nb sp\;Stay \;True \;is the book he's been working on ever since. A c oming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary\, \;Stay \;True \;is a bracing memoir about growing up\, and about m oving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.
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