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rei_reads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Cancer, and Terminal illness
tam_6's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
coneyboro's review against another edition
4.0
A powerful memoir describing the epigenetic intergenerational effects of war, trauma and genocide. The fragmented chapters cross time and mix the author's experiences and recollections of her family with letters to her son written to his future self when she knows she has a terminal illness. Critically examines what it is to be a refugee and who should tell their stories - academics or the people themselves.
The layout didn't quite work in an e-book and I didn't understand why 'f's were missing from some words. Nevertheless, a book that will stay with me for some time.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this e-book.
The layout didn't quite work in an e-book and I didn't understand why 'f's were missing from some words. Nevertheless, a book that will stay with me for some time.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this e-book.
crownoid's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
5.0
girlglitch's review against another edition
5.0
Landbridge is a powerful memoir of refugee experience by Y-Dang Troeung, whose family were 'the last' Cambodian refugees granted asylum into Canada.
This creative, non-linear personal history is split into fragments, interspersed with art, photography and newspaper cuttings. As well as recounting her own life and experience - including her academic career, her son's birth and illness and her own, fatal cancer diagnosis - Troeung explores the wider Cambodian and East Asian history, questioning who has the agency to tell stories of collective trauma, genocide and conflict? Troeung raises thought-provoking questions and relates the stories of her birth country with care and sensitivity.
Landbridge is a brave and beautiful memoir that captures the heartbreaking reality of refugee experience in all its complexity.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
This creative, non-linear personal history is split into fragments, interspersed with art, photography and newspaper cuttings. As well as recounting her own life and experience - including her academic career, her son's birth and illness and her own, fatal cancer diagnosis - Troeung explores the wider Cambodian and East Asian history, questioning who has the agency to tell stories of collective trauma, genocide and conflict? Troeung raises thought-provoking questions and relates the stories of her birth country with care and sensitivity.
Landbridge is a brave and beautiful memoir that captures the heartbreaking reality of refugee experience in all its complexity.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
caillahess's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide and War
Moderate: Terminal illness