“ The Fortunes is a beautifully written book that moves between humor and tragedy to provide four different and yet interrelated stories that consider ideas of personal identity, immigration and nationality,” said Daniel Goldmark, a professor of music and an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, who chaired the common reading committee. All new students will receive a copy of the book to read over the summer and have the opportunity to meet the author at fall convocation. The common reading selection is part of the First-Year Experience Program to help new students successfully begin their transition from high school to Case Western Reserve.
Award-winning author Peter Ho Davies lays all that out by weaving together the fictional stories of four lives-a railroad baron’s valet who accidentally ignites an explosion in Chinese labor, Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star, a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes Asian Americans and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption.Īnd Case Western Reserve’s first-year students entering this fall will learn of those experiences-three of which were inspired by real historic characters: The Fortunes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016) was chosen for the university’s common reading program.
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