Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Main Event with Author Laila Lalami

Published: May 14, 2010, 8:30 p.m.

Set in modern Morocco, Lalami's powerful novel explores the struggle for identity, the need for family, and the desperation that overtakes ordinary lives in a country divided by class, politics, and religion. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "Secret Son," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities.