![]() ![]() At the end of the play, when Ying-ying goes to share her wish, she realizes that the Moon Lady was not what she appeared to be, but really a man in a costume-not a “wish granter.”ĭuring her lifetime, Ying-ying has also felt like a shadow: not a whole person. Taken to the shore to wait for someone to come for her, Ying-ying sees a play about the Moon Lady-told behind screens-showing only shadows. Because of these things, she has failed to allow her daughter to see and hear her.Īt the age of four, during the Moon Festival, Ying-ying falls into the water and is separated from her family. Ying-ying believes that she has lost herself because she has forgotten who she was as a child, lost her faith in the world-and has become distanced from the experiences that changed her then. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me…And I want to tell her this: We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. …because I remained silent for so long now my daughter does not hear me…All these years I have kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The disconnect between Ying-ying and Lena is strongly stated at the beginning of the chapter: ![]() Ying-ying believes that her daughter has lost sight of what is important because Ying-ying has lost sight. The speaker in this chapter is Ying-ying St. ![]() The overall theme seems to relate to finding one’s place in the world. ![]() There are several themes in Amy Tan’s chapter entitled “The Moon Lady,” from The Joy Luck Club. ![]()
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Frank currently lives in Anchorage with his wife Janeen and their two children. Once elected, Frank became deputy director of the Palin/Parnell transition team and later director of the State of Alaska Office of Boards and Commissions. Frank was the Palin campaign administrator for the successful 2006 primary and general election campaigns. He attended college at Capernwray Bible School in Carnforth, England as well as Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Erlanger Branch library is located at 401 Kenton Lands Road, Erlanger. The event is free, but registration is required by visiting /events. Sepetys is considered a “crossover” novelist as her books are read by both students and adults worldwide.Ĭopies of her books will be for sale at the event. Sepetys is passionate about the power of history and story to foster global dialogue and connectivity. Born in Michigan, she was raised in a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. 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Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Sepetys is acclaimed for giving voice to underrepresented history and those who experienced it. ![]() And the leader gunned them down, until the military switched sides and sided with the people.” 21, who took to the streets, completely unarmed, and in some cases were attacking tanks with their bare hands. “Oftentimes what we don’t think about is that these authoritarian regimes or totalitarian regimes, they often are disassembled from within. “What I want to get across is the strength and fortitude of the Romanian people, particularly the young people,” Sepetys says. ![]() ![]() Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he’s crowned at the end of the summer-unless Violet does something about it.īut when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom-all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. 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