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A review by ryner
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.0
Several years ago I read Yang's first memoir and found it beautiful and, perhaps more importantly, eye-opening. In this followup, she enhances the story of her family's history, their flight from Laos following the Vietnam War, and the challenges of forging a new life in the United States as refugees by focusing on the narrative through the eyes of her father, the song-poet Bee Yang.
While there was a sense of repetition in this story when compared with The Latehomecomer, Yang's prose and writing style are gorgeous and a delight to read, and she handles the frequently heavy content with honesty and grace. While reading I felt as though I've been warmly welcomed into the Yang home, and now that it has been seven years since this book was written I can't help but wonder how everyone is doing, especially Xue.
While there was a sense of repetition in this story when compared with The Latehomecomer, Yang's prose and writing style are gorgeous and a delight to read, and she handles the frequently heavy content with honesty and grace. While reading I felt as though I've been warmly welcomed into the Yang home, and now that it has been seven years since this book was written I can't help but wonder how everyone is doing, especially Xue.