Green Chalk Contemporary is pleased to introduce author Diana Y. Paul at a book signing for her debut novel, Things Unsaid, published this month by She Writes Press. This event is sponsored by Crystal Fish Sushi.

A deft exploration of the ever-shifting covenants between parents and children, Things Unsaid is a ferocious tale of family love, dysfunction, and sense of duty over forty years. Things Unsaid traces back three generations rooted in guilt, karma, obligation, duty, and broken promises. Jules, a former professor at Stanford, is sandwiched between competing obligations: to her husband Mike and daughter Zoë and to her dying parents. Jules and Mike have set aside a college fund to pay for Zoë’s tuition as she will be leaving for Stanford soon. But then her parents lose everything in the Great Recession of 2008 and she must choose between her daughter’s future and her dying parents.

Diana Y. Paul was born in Akron, Ohio and is a graduate of Northwestern University, with a degree in both psychology and philosophy, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a PhD in Buddhist studies. A former Stanford University professor, she is also the author of three books on Buddhism. Her short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals and she is currently working on a second novel, A Perfect Match. She lives in Carmel.