Amya Miller “Tsunami” Book Talk

When
Thursday, November 14, 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island, WA

Registration

1. FREE Admission (In-Person)
2. FREE Admission with $5 Donation – $5.00
3. FREE ADMISSION with $10 Donation – $10.00
4. FREE ADMISSION with $25 Donation – $25.00
5. FREE ADMISSION with $50 Donation – $50.00
*Donations will help defray venue rental costs.
AUTHOR purchase of excess book stock at cost
BOOK PURCHASE, Amya Miller "Tsunami" – $30.00
The retail book is expensive, as it is printed in Japan, then shipped here. At the book talk, it is available at a special author discount.
BOOK PURCHASE, Amya Miller, "Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome" (2015) – $19.00
Miller also co-authored, "Kamome," which is a children's book that describes the true story of a boat that floated from Rikuzentakada-- the same city featured in "Tsunami"-- to Oregon. Perfect for Christmas gifts, we are selling copies at a discount to help offset venue rental costs.
BOOK PURCHASE, Brian Atwater & David Yamaguchi, "The Orphan Tsunami of 1700," 2nd ed. (2015) – $35.00
This title will also be on hand. It includes reproductions of the Japanese written documents ("shiryo") that helped define the magnitude of the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700, on the Washington coast, from the heights and lengths of its tsunami waves that struck Japan. It is also available at an author-discounted price, again to help offset venue rental costs.

Registration is closed

Amya Miller “Tsunami” Book Talk

Amya (“A-mi-ya”) Miller is a bilingual and bicultural American who was born and raised in Japan. When the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster struck northeast Honshu, she flew from Boston, where she lived with her husband, to the disaster region. Following her conscience, she first visited the Tohoku region as a volunteer interpreter for an American disaster clean-up nonprofit. She spent the next ten years using her skills to help a young new mayor, Futoshi Toba, rebuild Rikuzentakata, a city of 23,000 in 2010 that ranks among the hardest-hit tsunami-affected Japanese communities.

Significantly, Miller returned to the US to write a book about her experience. Northwest Americans need to hear her story, as in her words, “we’re just not ready” to face the similar natural disaster that science says is destined to recur on our Pacific shores.

Miller opens her North American book tour with a talk sponsored by the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington (7-8 PM). It will be followed by book signing and a social (until 9 PM).

Free and open to the public (donations appreciated).

Reservations needed (for planning purposes).

Ample parking is available at Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island