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#StackAttack2019 #BFC This is a #DollarTree find from a couple years ago. Very creative!!! A young woman from a Vietnamese family has a connection to the Little House on the Prairie. Lee read the books as a child and realizes that a gift left for her grandfather in Vietnam is connected to “Rose” and is mentioned in one of the Little House books! She tracks down clues and finds a life of her own along the way. A solid 3/5🏠s. Cover love too!😍

Math was always my best/easiest subject, but my BA and MA are in political science. I love words.

I had to buy this. And I had to read it ASAP. My Little House obsession is strong.

This was amazing: Lee, a second generation Vietnamese young woman and her search for a phenomenal connection between her family and a beloved American author.

I was ready for more Laura Ingalls Wilder adjacent reading after Prairie Fires so I picked this one up and devoured it over the course of two snow days. This is the story of Lee and her journey to track down a brooch that may or may not have belonged to Rose Wilder. She visits many Wilder locations in her search. Lee‘s family dynamics play a central and powerful role in the novel as well. Good fun!

#Omaha #FortAtkinson #Naturetrail #picnic #LauraIngnallsWilder #LiitleHousronthePrairie
#VietnameseAmerican
Started this book while here in Omaha. Not very far as we are hiking, picnicking, & visiting historic fort on Lewis & Clark trail.

July in stats. But they don't tell that I finished "Harry Potter" nor all of the "Ramona" books or that I read 700 (!!) pages of IT. But yes, July was a good reading month.

Guess I don't get to keep reading 😂

Long, long commute morning in the car today. I normally take public transit but a late meeting for this evening made that plan less viable. So I needed something better than politics to listen to for the many hours of travel. I love how this is pairing with the graphic novel I read in the readathon this weekend- The Best We Could Do. Both were of immigrant experiences and adult children trying to understand their parents. Very good so far!

I got this in a book exchange and am stoked to read it.

Working on this pile of books (and more!) for the #asianlitbingo challenge!
You can find the rest of my tbr list here https://reallifereading.com/2017/05/04/asianlitbingo-tbr-list/

I love Pioneer Girl's deptictions of research work in archives. The "actually" kills me. Are we sure this book is fiction?! ? #LISlove #archivesland

A second-generation Vietnamese woman fascinated by Little House on the Prairie. #immigrantstories #booktober #day22

Even in a beach town one must make time for the bookstore.