ARGONAUT BOOKS

This tragic story of a young Vietnamese girl journeys from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp and onward to her new life in Quebec. There, the young protagonist flees the embrace of her new immigrant community and revels in the chance to be part of western culture. Reviews Kim Thúy writes with equal delicacy and candor about a childhood marked by horrifying brutality, and the pleasures of ordinary peace. A brave and moving book, bringing lucid insight both to the costs of violence, and elusive processes of psychic survival.Eva Hoffma...Read More