The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

277 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience...

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Moods

emotional 81%
reflective 74%
informative 57%
hopeful 44%
sad 44%
inspiring 35%
challenging 25%
adventurous 10%
dark 10%
tense 6%
relaxing 3%
funny 1%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 63%
slow 29%
fast 6%

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