BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120417T200000 LOCATION:Council Chamber GEO:45.44918;-122.670969 SUMMARY:Author Lac Su: "I Love Yous Are For White People" DESCRIPTION:Author Lac Su presents\, "Love Comes In Many Faces"\, a discu ssion about his heart-wrenching\, irreverent\, and ultimately uplifting m emoir\, \; I Love Yous Are for White People. \; \; As a yo ung child\, Lac Su made a harrowing escape from the Communists in Vietnam . With a price on his father's head\, Lac\, with his family\, was forced to immigrate in 1979 to seedy West Los Angeles where squalid living condi tions and a cultural fabric that refused to thread them in effectively sq uashed their American Dream. Lac's search for love and acceptance amid po verty—not to mention the psychological turmoil created by a harsh and u nrelenting father—turned his young life into a comedy of errors and led him to a dangerous gang experience that threatened to tear his life apar t.I Loves Yous Are For White People \;is Lac Su's \;heart-wrenchi ng and irreverent account of struggles that countless \;individuals f ace in their quest to belong\, and that even more have endured in pursuit of a father's fleeing affection. \;Lac Su is a senior executive fo r \;TalentSmart (http://talentsmart.com/)\, a global think tank and m anagement consulting firm. He was born in Danang\, Vietnam\, grew up in L os Angeles\, and now resides in San Diego. \;I Love Yous Are for Whit e People \;(HarperCollins) \;is his first book—a memoir. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Author Lac Su presents\, "Love Comes In
Many Faces"\, a discussion about his heart-wrenching\, irreverent\, and
ultimately uplifting memoir\, \; I Love Yous Are for White P
eople. \;
\;
As a young child\, Lac Su made a har
rowing escape from the Communists in Vietnam. With a price on his father'
s head\, Lac\, with his family\, was forced to immigrate in 1979 to seedy
West Los Angeles where squalid living conditions and a cultural fabric t
hat refused to thread them in effectively squashed their American Dream.
Lac's search for love and acceptance amid poverty—not to mention the ps
ychological turmoil created by a harsh and unrelenting father—turned hi
s young life into a comedy of errors and led him to a dangerous gang expe
rience that threatened to tear his life apart.
I Loves Yous Are For White People \;is Lac Su's \;heart-wrenching and irreve
rent account of struggles that countless \;individuals face in their
quest to belong\, and that even more have endured in pursuit of a father'
s fleeing affection.
\;
Lac Su is a senior executive for \;TalentSmart\, a global think
tank and management consulting firm. He was born in Danang\, Vietnam\, gr
ew up in Los Angeles\, and now resides in San Diego. \;I Love You
s Are for White People \;(HarperCollins) \;is his first book
—a memoir.