A review by bookreviewswithkb
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir by Beth Nguyen

dark emotional

4.0

this book made me feel stricken. made me feel hollow. made me feel sorrow. at the deep gulf between the author and her mother, at the gulf created by leaving, by choosing safety, by the author being able to flee to america from vietnam and her mother being left behind. by the weight of the distance, the deepness of the wounds. to see a mother and daughter trying to choose each other but not knowing how, trying to stitch up the wounds but not having the right equipment. but showing up anyway