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Novelist and nonfiction writer Beth Nguyen joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new memoir, Owner of a L
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Novelist and nonfiction writer Beth Nguyen joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new memoir, Owner of a L
Novelist and nonfiction writer Beth Nguyen joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new memoir, Owner of a L
Book 34 of the 50 book challenge. Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen. It’s an memoir about growing up a refugee in the US after Vietnam War ended in the late 70’s and 80’s. Her life was pretty interesting, she was a little bit under 1 and her sister was 2, when Saigon fell in 1975 and her father, grandmother and uncles took her and her sister to escape the North Vietnamese and became refugees. Her mother, and 2 older half siblings stayed behind because they didn’t live together and the kids had been with their dad. She grew up in Michigan, in a very white area. Her mom and older siblings arrived later, but did not settle near them, they went to Boston and very rarely saw her girls. The first time the author met her mother was when she was 19 and in Boston. Her older half brother was half white, half Vietnamese and that’s why the family was able to leave. The book is really interesting, her father and mother stayed in touch and he wrote to her about the girls and sent pictures but her mom didn’t really interact with them on her own. It also dealt with racism in growing up in a white area, and people butchering her name and micro aggressions that happened to her. She talks about seeing Miss Saigon on Broadway and being heartbroken because it felt so very racist to her and the only way Tan would have a good life was for his mom to die and for him to go with his White dad and step mom. She said the people she was with would have never understood what she was feeling. This is a great book.
10 July Book Releases To Add To Your TBR
Happy July, everyone! As we launch into true summer, I have so many exciting books to share with you. This month truly has such a wide selection of genres and content to choose from; there will definitely be something on this list for you. Whether you read 1 book a year or 100, it’s always fun to keep track of what’s new in the publishing industry, and I hope this article helps you discover new…
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