

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Strength of Water: Book Talk with Karin Jensen
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Author Karin Jensen discusses her new book from fascinating perspectives: a woman's, an immigrant daughter's, and a life on the margins.About this EventIn this slideshow presentation, Karin K. Jensen will discuss her debut book, The Strength of Water, an Asian American Coming-of-Age Memoir. This reverse-immigration story tells of her mother, King Ying, who begins life in 1920s Detroit in her father's Chinese laundry business, where she longs for a real home and struggles to reconcile what passes for normal in Jazz-Age America with her father's vastly different cultural values.But when her mother dies unexpectedly, Ba brings her and her siblings back to his ancestral village, where he leaves them with a new stepmother while he returns to the U.S. to work.There, she must survive hunger, dangerous superstitions, and the start of the Sino-Japanese War until she can be the first to return to the U.S. to pursue her dreams of home and belonging amid the cultural dissonance and racial challenges of mid-20th-century California.Author Karin Jensen will discuss her research and how the story reveals history from fascinating perspectives: a woman's, an immigrant daughter's, and a life on the margins.ADMISSION$15 for general admission, includes a buffet reception after the book talk)$30 includes, buffet and copy of the book if paid at time of registration. Book will be sold at $20 on the day of the event.ABOUT THE AUTHORKarin K. Jensen is a local news writer for the Alameda Post and the author of The Strength of Water, an Asian American Coming-of-Age Memoir, which was named to the annual Kirkus List of Top 100 Indie Books. She has also written for AsAm News and NewsBreak, winning editorial awards on the topics of #StopAsianHate and #AAPI Voice. Authority Magazine named her a Social Impact Author for her work.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/the-strength-of-water-book-talk-with-karin-jensen/100001982115320280
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Music
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 15, max: 30, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Chinese Historical Society of America
- **lat**: 37.793767
- **long**: -122.40885100000003
- **full address**: Chinese Historical Society of America, 965 Clay St, San Francisco, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Chinese Historical Society of America, 965 Clay St, San Francisco, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 15 up to 30 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Chinese Historical Society of America
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Strength of Water: Book Talk with Karin Jensen ?
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