Stories of Abundance: 50th Anniversary of SE Asian Resettlement in Saint PaulLike this list

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• The Sympathizer

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life on 1975 Los Angeles.

• How to Pronounce Knife

  Stories

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978-

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  A young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. A failed boxer discovers what it truly means to be a champion when he starts painting nails at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Somewhere in the Unknown World

  a Collective Refugee Memoir

  Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-

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  All over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Killing Fields

  Voices of Nine Cambodian Survivors in America

  Welaratna, Usha, 1948-

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  This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through nine powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the killing fields in Cambodia and began new lives in America. The narrators come from varied socioeconomic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sigh, Gone

  a Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in

  Tran, Phuc, 1974-

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  In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age memoir…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Latehomecomer

  a Hmong Family Memoir

  Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-

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  Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother.

• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read reveals the impact of the Vietnam War on their family history and provides a view into parts of the son's life that his mother has never known.

• I Begin My Life All Over

  the Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience

  Faderman, Lillian

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  Records the stories of thirty-six Hmong immigrants who came to California, showing how their traditional ways have been replaced by the American way of life.

• The Gangster We Are All Looking for

  Le, Thi Diem Thuy

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  Tells the story of a Vietnamese refugee family's life in America, narrated by the family's young daughter.

• The Best We Could Do

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Bui, Thi,

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  The debut graphic novel memoir from Thi Bui is an intimate look at one family’s journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run Me to Earth

  a Novel

  Yoon, Paul,

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  Three children orphaned in 1960s Laos meet a dedicated doctor who enlists them as motorcycle couriers in his effort to rescue civilians and find medical supplies.

• Go West!

  A Memoir for My Sons : Our Family Journey and Khmer Rouge Life Experiences

  Niev, Sideth D.

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  Sideth was born in Cambodia in the midst of the US aerial bombardment of the Vietminh/Vietcon who took sanctuary along the border near Vietnam. Cambodia was fighting a civil war. In 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia, his family along with…Read moreRead more of this annotation