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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
An author goes on a quest to get closer to her parents and on that road learns about her family's tragic past and learns to appreciate her story.
This book is a part autobiography part history lesson presented in a comic book style. I recommend.
This book is a part autobiography part history lesson presented in a comic book style. I recommend.
I loved this so much, while we are our parents children, they do not have to define who we become. Powerful stuff, read this in one sitting. Just the sacrifices the parents made.
A fantastic point-of-view of a woman who escaped the Vietnam War as a child and tells the story of her parents who grew up in the years leading up to the war. A ton of feels about what it means to be a parent as well as family. It also focuses on what shapes us as humans.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3 stars = Good and worthwhile.
“The dead are not supposed to talk to us.”
An elegantly told memoir about a family’s generational trauma and immigration from Vietnam to the US in the 1970’s. The illustrations were nicely drawn with a soft color scheme of black, white and red. The story is poignant, informative and thought provoking enough that I read it in one sitting.
“We were more like ants, scrambling out of the way of giants, getting just far enough from danger to resume the business of living.”
It covers Vietnam history from the 20th century including the French colonization(s), the American Vietnam war and the civil war. The author discusses a variety of struggles, including that of being a refugee and immigrant, trying to connect with and understand a distant parent, balancing conflicting societal and family expectations, and learning how to simultaneously juggle the roles of being a parent and someone’s child.
“Proximity and closeness are not the same.”
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First Sentence: I’m in labor.
Favorite Quote: This - not any particular piece of Vietnamese culture - is my inheritance: the inexplicable need and extraordinary ability to RUN when shit hits the fan. My Refugee Reflex.
“The dead are not supposed to talk to us.”
An elegantly told memoir about a family’s generational trauma and immigration from Vietnam to the US in the 1970’s. The illustrations were nicely drawn with a soft color scheme of black, white and red. The story is poignant, informative and thought provoking enough that I read it in one sitting.
“We were more like ants, scrambling out of the way of giants, getting just far enough from danger to resume the business of living.”
It covers Vietnam history from the 20th century including the French colonization(s), the American Vietnam war and the civil war. The author discusses a variety of struggles, including that of being a refugee and immigrant, trying to connect with and understand a distant parent, balancing conflicting societal and family expectations, and learning how to simultaneously juggle the roles of being a parent and someone’s child.
“Proximity and closeness are not the same.”
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First Sentence: I’m in labor.
Favorite Quote: This - not any particular piece of Vietnamese culture - is my inheritance: the inexplicable need and extraordinary ability to RUN when shit hits the fan. My Refugee Reflex.
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced