A debut novel following an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans, tracing how each member adapts to American life in the shadow of an absent father and a country left behind.
When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and separated from her husband Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As years pass and reunion becomes impossible, her sons Tuan and Binh — now going by Ben — forge divergent paths: one drawn toward his Vietnamese heritage through a local gang, the other embracing his adopted homeland and identity. When disaster strikes New Orleans, the fractured family must find a new way to hold together. Named to President Obama's Summer 2021 Reading List and cited by The New York Times as one of fifteen books to watch.
- Eric Nguyen, Author
- Published in 2021
- Paperback
- Published by Penguin Random House
- ISBN: 9780593311035
A debut novel following an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans, tracing how each member adapts to American life in the shadow of an absent father and a country left behind.
When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and separated from her husband Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As years pass and reunion becomes impossible, her sons Tuan and Binh — now going by Ben — forge divergent paths: one drawn toward his Vietnamese heritage through a local gang, the other embracing his adopted homeland and identity. When disaster strikes New Orleans, the fractured family must find a new way to hold together. Named to President Obama's Summer 2021 Reading List and cited by The New York Times as one of fifteen books to watch.
- Eric Nguyen, Author
- Published in 2021
- Paperback
- Published by Penguin Random House
- ISBN: 9780593311035