Dougy Center and Literary Arts present Healing Ourselves & Each Other with Susan Lieu.
Join us Thursday, May 22, at Literary Arts, 716 SE Grand Ave in Portland for this free event with RSVP. Susan will be in conversation with Jana DeCristofaro, Dougy Center's Advocacy & Education Manager and host of Dougy Center's Grief Out Loud podcast.
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American author, playwright, and performer. When Susan was 11 years old, her mother died from a routine plastic surgery. After she died, Susan's family stopped talking about her mother, leaving Susan on her own to figure out what happened and how to feel. Susan's debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, recounts her quest to get to know her mother, avenge her death, and try with all her might to get her family to open up about it all. Susan shares her story and talks about her grief in this episode of Grief Out Loud.
Susan is a compelling and accomplished storyteller, co-hosting The Model Minority Moms podcast and speaking at TEDx, the Smithsonian, and at universities and companies across the country. Her memoir is an Apple Book of the Month, most anticipated 2024 book by Elle Magazine and Goodreads, and has been featured on The New York Times, NPR Books, and The Washington Post. Her works also include her solo show, "140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother." Find more about Susan here.
