A review by machster9
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen

3.0

Three & a half stars. The writing was good, I liked the storyline, but parts of it moved slowly for me. Perhaps it was the different culture, but the early part centering on Houng didn't seem to show great emotion. It did represent well the struggles of a single immigrant woman raising children in a country with an entirely different culture. I liked Bihn/Ben's story the best. Perhaps because he had no direct ties to Viet Nam, he was the only one who forged a new life for himself.