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alesbookishcorner's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Xenophobia and Child death
Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Miscarriage
nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, and War
marie's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
f18's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Vomit
sarah984's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Torture
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Miscarriage
moss's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape
icfasntw's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Medical content
Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
This is a graphic novelization of the author's family story, which includes her parents' lives in Vietnam from the 1940s and 50s through their escape to the United States after the Vietnam War. Thi Bui doesn't sensationalize their story, but she presents it honestly, and it isn't an easy one.