Oct 21 2020 39 mins 11
In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Asha Lemmie's New York Times bestselling novel Fifty Words for Rain tells the decades and continents-spanning story of Nori, a child born to a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover. Concealed by her grandparents, Nori accepts a solitary life until she meets and forms a bond with her half-brother Akira-a bond that gives her the strength to claim her place in the world. The book was recently the Good Morning America Book Club pick for September. A classically trained musician from Washington D.C., Lemmie began writing Fifty Words for Rain when she was only 16 years old. Books may be purchased online through The Joseph Fox Bookshop. (recorded 10/20/2020)
