Read ME Book Discussion: “Sigh, Gone” by Phuc Tran
Lewiston Public Library will host a discussion of Phuc Tran’s coming-of-age memoir Sigh, Gone, the nonfiction selection for this year’s Read ME statewide summer reading program, on Wednesday, July 13 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This in-person event will take place in the library’s Couture Room. Advance registration is required. For more information or to register, call 513-3135 or email lplreference@gmail.com.
About the book: Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation. After his family immigrates during the fall of Saigon to the small town of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Tran struggles to find and accept himself while grappling with feelings of social isolation and the high expectations of his parents. Against the hairspray-and-synthesizer backdrop of the 1980s, he eventually finds refuge and inspiration in the wisdom of classic literature and the disaffected youth culture of punk rock.
About Read ME: Presented by the Maine State Library and Maine Humanities Council, the Read ME statewide summer reading program connects Maine’s adult reading community through outstanding new books written by up-and-coming Maine authors. The titles, one each for fiction and nonfiction, are selected each year by a well-known Maine author with an established reputation.
Multiple copies of the books are available to borrow at local libraries. In addition to events presented by local libraries, the Read ME program features statewide virtual events, including a kick-off program with Jennifer Rooks on Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” and a virtual visit with each of the two featured authors.
For more information about Read ME 2022, this year’s featured books, or the dates and registration information for the statewide virtual events, see https://mainehumanities.org/read-me
