San Francisco, CA

Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon

America/Los_Angeles (PDT)

Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon takes place on Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM (PDT) at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. Tickets are $17.85 + on Eventbrite.

About this event

Author Min Jin Lee presents a breathtaking contemporary epic. Visitors will see the National Book Award finalist read her new work. The event features a discussion about this New York Times bestselling novel.

Full description from organizer

The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic Co-presented with Kearny Street Workshop Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo, DH, and Mido—find their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Desperately striving to regain their footing, they leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California—where new vistas of opportunity open up for the children as their parents, strangers in a strange land, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little. In American Hagwon, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions, where the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break, and where willful self-sacrifice—for the benefit of loved ones and even strangers—is a kind of prayer. In conversation with Andrew Sean Greer. Doors at 6:00pm. $15 gen adm / $45 with signed book FAQs • Signed copies included with bundled tickets will be available for pick up upon entry to the event. • All copies will be signed in advance. If you would like to have your copy personalized, or if you would like to have a different book signed/personalized, there will be a signing line after the event. • If for whatever reason you are unable to attend but would still like your copy of the book, books will be available for pick up at our 1231 9th Ave location after the event at no extra charge. • Books not picked up at the event will be held two months at our 1231 9th Ave store after the event. After two months, books will be returned to the publisher. We cannot offer refunds for books that are not picked up or shipped to customer by that date. • We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Tickets
Eventbrite
Organizer
Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival
Time zone
PDT
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Details

When
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM (PDT)
Where
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Address
2515 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
Price
$17.85 +
Genre
113/appearance or signing
Weather
68°F · ClearForecast at 7:00 PM (PDT)

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When is Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon?
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM PDT.
How much are tickets for Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon?
Tickets are $17.85 +.
Where is Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon?
Calvary Presbyterian Church, 2515 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, San Francisco, CA.
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