Chinatown Cultural Reads: The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li

The Chinatown Cultural Reads book club meets monthly to discuss works by and about the Chinese and Chinese American experience, and this October’s pick is Christina Li’s *The Manor of Dreams* — a haunted-house novel pitched as “Mexican Gothic meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” following two Chinese American families vying for a crumbling Hollywood starlet’s estate. The discussion happens Saturday afternoon, October 24, from 3:30 to 4:30 PM, and copies are available at the Circulation Desk. Registration is required and space is limited, so sign up in advance. The group is open to teens and adults 13 and up.