Book Clubs
Let’s Get Together and Talk!
I love to meet with book clubs! We always learn so much from one another in these intimate settings, and I enjoy answering all your questions. Whether in person or video call, we’re bound to have a lively discussion.
There is no charge for a book club visit. Simply email me the possible date(s), time, and time zone if we will be meeting virtually. I am on Pacific Time in Los Angeles.
You can also schedule me through Adventures by the Book, where I am a participating author.
I’m excited about the possibility of meeting with your group. Please tell me about your book club and I’ll respond as soon as possible.
Book Club Photos
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Rave Reviews
White Mulberry
“A beautiful and deeply researched novel…How does a woman protect her family, honor her heritage, and save herself? If you loved Pachinko, you’ll love White Mulberry.”
“White Mulberry is a beautiful and poignant novel of a young Korean woman’s coming of age amidst the turbulence of colonization and World War II. The resilience and self-determination of her heroine vividly mirrors the astonishing trajectory of her nation.”
Juhea Kim, author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds
“Easton eloquently reimagines her grandmother’s past—a brave young woman caught between two worlds. A story inspired and inspirational, White Mulberry exposes the forgotten history of Koreans in Japan.”
Alka Joshi, internationally bestselling author of The Henna Artist and the Jaipur Trilogy
“A scintillating debut. White Mulberry lives at the intersection of love, sacrifice, and deep secrets. With puissant prose, Easton captures the era, the struggle, and most certainly our hearts.”
Mathieu Cailler, author of Forest for the Trees & Other Stories
Red Seal
“A powerful exploration of the resilience of families—especially in times when identity, culture, and history are challenged. Poignant and immersive, Red Seal was hard to put down.”
Jennifer Coburn,USA Today bestselling author of The Girls of the Glimmer Factory and Cradles of the Reich
“I could not put this book down. Engrossing, suspenseful, and searing, Red Seal is a tale of reclamation and resilience in a turbulent time in Korean and Japanese history. In direct and powerful language, Rosa Kwon Easton has crafted an epic story of the lengths a mother will go to ensure the survival of her children as well as the identities we claim—privately and publicly—through sustained losses. You will be swept up by the twists of history and human fate and stay for Miyoung and Soonho—a story of how we become the people we always hoped.”
Hyeseung Song, author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
“Profoundly compelling, wrenching, and illuminating, Red Seal brings to life the experience of displacement and the search for identity in war-torn Korea and Manchuria. Miyoung and Ko-chan are an uneasy family whose struggles and journey are enormously inspiring. With insight into cultural differences and world-changing forces, Rosa Kwon Easton shows how hope can stay alive even during times of alarming instability and danger, and how it can be possible to resist the need to conform in order to chart one’s own way.”
Bonnie Friedman, bestselling author of Writing Past Dark and Don’t Stop
“Rosa Kwon Easton’s Red Seal depicts the fraught, inspiring journey of a Korean mother and son as they navigate war, displacement, and identity during the aftermath of World War II. It is a heartfelt tribute to the endurance of family bonds and the hardiness it takes to find a new place to call home.”
Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and All the Glimmering Stars
