# Event Details - **Event Name**: BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: BookPeople welcomes Chang-rae Lee in conversation with Roger Reeves to celebrate the release of A Tender Age.About this EventPlease welcome Chang-rae Lee and Roger Reeves to celebrate A Tender Age!This event is free and open to the public.Start time: 7:00 P.M.Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.Location: The second floor of BookPeople.The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.For high volume events, post-talk signing lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier signing group.Guidelines:Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed.If you have any accessibility concerns regarding seating, please contact online@bookpeople.comIf you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question isn't covered in the FAQ, feel free to email us at online@bookpeople.com.All event guidelines are subject to change.BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.There will not be a live stream or recording available.About the book:NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, GOODREADS, AND LITERARY HUB“Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?”—The Los Angeles Times“He has redefined not only what it means to be American, but the fabric of the Great American Novel itself.” —Jhumpa LahiriFrom the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence.A spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants, A Tender Age joins the rich tradition of the American bildungsroman. The natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caufield, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, weedy parking lot, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family.Devastating in its emotional precision, A Tender Age captures a family and community in striking distance of the American dream, and a young person on the precipice of adult knowledge, looking at his own culpability and looking away—then thinking about it for the rest of his life.About the author:Chang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, as well as My Year Abroad, On Such a Full Sea, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople.Thank you for supporting Chang-rae Lee and your local independent bookstore! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/austin/bookpeople-presents-chang-rae-lee-a-tender-age/100001989923245996 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: BookPeople - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Austin - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: BookPeople - **lat**: 30.271987 - **long**: -97.7530036 - **full address**: BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/b5eedf95414efc71887b1bdd95b33aacc9b94594e6ea2bbb8eb766cff70b5dec-rimg-w1200-h600-dc04301d-gmir.jpg?v=1779468657 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age being held? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age takes place on Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm at BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age is organized by BookPeople. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Chang-rae Lee - A Tender Age is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Austin, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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