What dark secrets lurk beneath the tangled vines of Hollywood's most mysterious estate?
Join acclaimed novelist Christina Li as she discusses her gothic masterpiece, The Manor of Dreams, a completely addictive and beautifully haunting page-turner.
Vivian Yin is dead. The trailblazing starlet was the first Chinese actress to win an Oscar - but at what should have been the peak of her career, she became a recluse, turning further and further into herself until she died alone.
Now, her daughters gather for the reading of her will. They expect to inherit their childhood home: a grand Southern California manor house with a sprawling, labyrinthine garden. Instead, the will demands the manor and its decaying garden to be left to another family – the daughter of their childhood housekeeper, a family they haven't seen since the fateful tragedy that destroyed all their lives.
As both families move into the crumbling, vine-covered manor, Vivian's daughters race to piece together what happened in the last weeks of their mother's life. They soon discover they are being haunted by something far more sinister and vengeful than just their memories.
Interviewed by bestselling author Chloe Gong, Christina will explore themes ranging from intergenerational trauma to cultural identity in Hollywood's golden age. Once you step into these manor’s gates, you may never see your own inheritance the same way again.
"A true modern classic. The Manor of Dreams is beautiful, eerie, and woven with enough intrigue to hold all who enter captive. Christina Li remains unmatched in breathing characters to life - and the hauntings thereafter" Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of The Manor of Dreams (RRP £20) deliverable to any UK or international address.
The event will initially be broadcast on 13 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for two weeks.
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