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And the Ancestors Sing with Radha Lin Chaddah

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Help us welcome Radha and celebrate her debut novel! She and Cate Lineberry will be in conversation at the store.


About the Book:

And The Ancestors Sing is a sweeping, multigenerational novel of sacrifice, survival, and the unbreakable pull of home, set against the rapidly changing backdrop of post-Cultural Revolution China.

In 1978, as the Cultural Revolution fades into history, Lei is bartered away into marriage for two cartons of cigarettes and a handful of eggs. She finds herself in the unfamiliar village of her new husband where she is met with indifference. When a disaster upends their world, she and her husband are forced to join China’s vast wave of city-bound, rural migrants, leaving behind children whom they may never see again.

Sixteen-year-old LuLu arrives in Shanghai with nothing but ambition. Denied a factory job and determined to keep her family from starving, she turns to sex work—navigating the dangers of the city’s underbelly with sharp wit and a fierce will to survive. When a powerful client offers her a chance at security, LuLu faces an impossible choice: seize a future that could lift her family from poverty, or risk everything for a life on her own terms.

Spanning decades of seismic social and economic change, And The Ancestors Sing is a deeply moving exploration of resilience, family, and the ties that bind us, perfect for fans of Pachinko and The Leavers.


About the Author:

Born in London to an East Indian father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, Radha grew up in Kenya, the UK, and the US. Radha married her wonderful husband and best friend, Avery, and had two terrific daughters, Yani and Ayo. Radha enjoys learning new Mandarin characters, tackling novice knitting projects, painting with watercolors and acrylics, catching a live, stand-up comedy show with Avery, trying out new recipes with Yani and Ayo, and, of course, jotting down story notes for her next writing project.


Cate Lineberry is the bestselling author of two nonfiction books, Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero and The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines. Cate is also a former staff writer and editor for National Geographic and Smithsonian Magazines and lives in Raleigh, NC. She is currently at work on her first novel.

Help us welcome Radha and celebrate her debut novel! She and Cate Lineberry will be in conversation at the store.


About the Book:

And The Ancestors Sing is a sweeping, multigenerational novel of sacrifice, survival, and the unbreakable pull of home, set against the rapidly changing backdrop of post-Cultural Revolution China.

In 1978, as the Cultural Revolution fades into history, Lei is bartered away into marriage for two cartons of cigarettes and a handful of eggs. She finds herself in the unfamiliar village of her new husband where she is met with indifference. When a disaster upends their world, she and her husband are forced to join China’s vast wave of city-bound, rural migrants, leaving behind children whom they may never see again.

Sixteen-year-old LuLu arrives in Shanghai with nothing but ambition. Denied a factory job and determined to keep her family from starving, she turns to sex work—navigating the dangers of the city’s underbelly with sharp wit and a fierce will to survive. When a powerful client offers her a chance at security, LuLu faces an impossible choice: seize a future that could lift her family from poverty, or risk everything for a life on her own terms.

Spanning decades of seismic social and economic change, And The Ancestors Sing is a deeply moving exploration of resilience, family, and the ties that bind us, perfect for fans of Pachinko and The Leavers.


About the Author:

Born in London to an East Indian father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, Radha grew up in Kenya, the UK, and the US. Radha married her wonderful husband and best friend, Avery, and had two terrific daughters, Yani and Ayo. Radha enjoys learning new Mandarin characters, tackling novice knitting projects, painting with watercolors and acrylics, catching a live, stand-up comedy show with Avery, trying out new recipes with Yani and Ayo, and, of course, jotting down story notes for her next writing project.


Cate Lineberry is the bestselling author of two nonfiction books, Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero and The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines. Cate is also a former staff writer and editor for National Geographic and Smithsonian Magazines and lives in Raleigh, NC. She is currently at work on her first novel.

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When & Where
Feb 11, 2026, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: EST
Free


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