- New York Times reviewed, American literature, Vietnamese Americans, Fiction
"When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and worried about her husband, Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle into life in America, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Eric Nguyen
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Knopf, Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593311035
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