Bhira Backhaus

The hometown talent -- the native Californian graduated from ASU and continues to live in the Valley -- is getting excellent notices for her first, semi-autobiographical novel, Under the Lemon Trees, which she'll read from and sign at Changing Hands. Sat., March 21, 7 p.m., 2009...
March 19, 2009
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The hometown talent — the native Californian graduated from ASU and continues to live in the Valley — is getting excellent notices for her first, semi-autobiographical novel, Under the Lemon Trees, which she’ll read from and sign at Changing Hands.

Sat., March 21, 7 p.m., 2009

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