ROSEMEAD — Mystery author Naomi Hirahara will discuss her latest novel, “Evergreen,” on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 12 p.m. at Nagano Chapel, Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1255 San Gabriel Blvd., Rosemead.

A former Evergreen attendee, Hirahara will share how her faith has shaped her work as a writer. Books will be available for purchase (cash/check only).

All are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Executive Pastor Jonathan Wu at [email protected].

A Japanese American nurse’s aide navigates the dangers of post-World War II and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning “Clark and Division.”

It’s been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California — but nothing is as they left it. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in overcrowded Los Angeles.

Aki is working as a nurse’s aide at the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights when an elderly Issei man is admitted with suspicious injuries. When she seeks out his son, she is shocked to recognize her husband’s best friend, Babe Watanabe. Could Babe be guilty of elder abuse?

Only a few days later, Little Tokyo is rocked by a murder at the low-income hotel where the Watanabes have been staying. When the cops start sniffing around Aki’s home, she begins to worry that the violence tearing through her community might threaten her family. What secrets have the Watanabes been hiding, and can Aki protect her husband from getting tangled up in a murder investigation?

Author’s website: www.naomihirahara.com

Church’s website: https://ebcla.org/

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