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Belated, but here‘s my Christmas book haul from my mom! Very excited about all of these. I‘m prioritizing Martyr! though, for the 2025 TOB.
Belated, but here‘s my Christmas book haul from my mom! Very excited about all of these. I‘m prioritizing Martyr! though, for the 2025 TOB.
Fell behind on my #12booksof2024 !
I read this one with my book club to mixed reviews, but I loved this sister story set in Vietnam.
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Thao Lam is a master storyteller. I have enjoyed other books by this author but would consider this among their best work. Honestly, I‘m surprised this does not have a Caldicott. This is her mother ‘s refugee story told entirely in pictures. This story is heart wrenchingly beautiful. And the analogy of refugees as ants and what can and did happen. I‘m very thankful the author chose to include at the end a history of their family and
pickA work of historical fiction written from the perspective of a communist spy working with the South at the time of the fall of Saigon. Traverses Vietnam, America and Philippines. The protagonist‘s confession and enlightenment under torture thereafter form the crux of the novel. The writing is superb but the story isn‘t as engaging as one would have liked.
pickThis one is stunning. My book club probably hates me rn for picking it. This tells the story of a family of refugees that fled Vietnam in the 1970s. And events that happened concurrently.
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so-soUgh. I hate to end my reading year this way but what is this book.
I was expecting to cycle from the US to Vietnam but actually there's a few planes being boarded here and while that's OK, it didn't make a very interesting journey.
This centres around a young man whose family left Vietnam for the United States after the war and his epic return to the fatherland.
While the story of the family is interesting, the journey is a bit of a flop.
My shelfie from Fable. I can‘t stop thinking about Slow Noodles! I had never heard of Khmer Rouge until I read Anthony Veasna So earlier this year, and it blows my mind. I love reading. There‘s so much to learn and books bridge worlds.
pickMoving story of how three siblings overcome tragedy and navigate through difficult times. Really enjoyed this one!
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