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Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nguyen

4.0

The concept of this book was really a novel one, and I am happy to report it was executed well too. I enjoyed reading so much about the Little House books and Laura and Rose, and I enjoyed as much or more reading about the Asian American experience. My husband is also very Americanized but raised by Asian immigrants (but Filipino instead of Vietnamese), and what the main character wrote about all her frustrations and difficulties and feelings sounded eerily familiar. And the ways she described it all were fun to read. (Just read a few pages about those ubiquitous greasy Oriental buffets dotting the middle-American landscape, and you'll see just what I mean.) The point of view draws readers in, and the writing is immediate, fresh, and engaging. Fine book.

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