Sandra Tsing Loh reads & discusses Mother on Fire December 4, 2008

Tsing Loh says that when she hit her forties, “THE WHEELS CAME OFF.” She threw her frantic energy not into illicit affairs or shopping binges, but into the harrowing heart of contemporary, dysfunctional L.A. life. The catalyst? Her realization that she couldn’t afford private school for her daughter. In Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! Tsing Loh uses her fierce, funny, and self-deprecating voice to document what she describes as “the year I burst into flames” and became a public school activist.

Tsing Loh's books include A Year in Van Nuys and Depth Takes a Holiday. The original solo stage version of Mother on Fire ran for seven months in Los Angeles. She has been a regular commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition, Marketplace and This American Life.

All are welcome to attend our readings but if you wish to have a book signed, it must be purchased at Vertigo Books, rather than at a competitor.

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