Quyen Ngo
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Language
English
Description
In 1969, sisters Trang and Quynh leave their village and become "bar girls" in Sai Gon, drinking, flirting (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer, Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with an American helicopter pilot. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Viet Nam, hoping to find a way to heal from his PTSD and reckon with secrets from his past. At the same time, Phong - the son of a Black...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tr{u1EA7}n Di{u1EC7}u Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà N{u1ED9}i, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the H{u1ED3} Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country, but her family apart." --
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and worried about her husband, Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle into life in America, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father. Over time, Huong realizes she will never see Cong again. While she copes with this loss, her sons, Tuan and Binh,...
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English
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"In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed by the experience. In 2009, pressed into a dangerous scheme by a former lover, a woman captures a rare two-headed cobra. And in 2011, a young, unhappy American living in Saigon with her sort-of boyfriend, disappears without a trace. Over the course of the novel, the fates of these three women will lock...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A stunning debut, showcasing the love between grandparents and grandchildren, the challenges of memory loss, and the joy that sweet reminders of a faraway home can bring, from award-winning, bestselling author Thanhhà Lại.
This sweet and emotional picture book will resonate with readers who love A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Ladder to the Moon, and Thank You, Omu!
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...6) Last flight
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon{u2019}s surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister{u2019}s eyes from tear...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ginger and Chrysanthemum are opposites, but they are cousins, as close as two peas in a pod. But planning Grandma's birthday together is a challenge. There are presents to buy, decorations to pick, and a cake to bake together. Is this a recipe for disaster?
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"My Vietnam, Your Vietnam chronicles the divergent journeys of a Vietnamese father, who fled war on a small boat to find refuge in the United States, and his American-born daughter, who ventures to Vietnam as an adult, capturing the stark contrast between their perspectives on their shared homeland. In this dual memoir, Christina Vo and her father, Nghia M. Vo, delve into themes of identity and heritage, with intertwined stories that present a multifaceted...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds.
A siren who falls for Poseidon's son.
A boy secretly pining for the merboy who saved him years ago.
A storm that brings humans and mermaids together.
Generations of family secrets and pain. Find all these and more in this gripping new collection that will reel you in from the very first page! Welcome to an ocean of hurt, fear, confusion, rage, hope, humor, discovery, and love in its many forms. Edited...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This program is read by the authors and a full cast.
Learn how to money in this in-depth guide from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky and the team at HerMoney
There's no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life — but most of us don't! This audiobook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle,
