A review by ariel_reads
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang

5.0

This narrative is a beautiful yet heartbreaking account of what a Hmong family has gone through, from the peaceful days at their mountainous home village in Laos, to the occupation of US soldiers, to the escape to refugee camps in Thailand, to their eventual journey to America and the prejudice they experienced there. This account can share just a tiny bit of the immense pain this people group has gone through over the past few generations, and I have nothing but awe and respect for the Hmong people and their resourcefulness.