β Emma Dean
π Fiction
π
2020
π English
β 193 KB
π 2 views
β¦ LIBER β¦
Quiet as They Come
β Scribed by Chau, Angie
- Publisher
- IG Publishing
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Brooklyn, NY, California, San Francisco (Calif.), California--San Francisco.
- ISBN
- 1935439278
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Heartbreaking tales of ordinary people lost between the extraordinary circumstances of history. Bitter and beautiful all at once."--Sandra Cisneros
"We call it naturalization, but these bright, authentic, well-made stories both personalize and illuminate just how unnatural the first twenty years in America felt for thousands of Vietnamese families who fled to San Francisco to escape the Vietnam War. Angie Chau writes with humor, intensity and forgiveness about lives full of danger, insult, momentary reprieve, unending tenacity and undying hope."--Pam Houston
"Quiet As They Come is a beautifully rendered, intimate, and dramatic story of family and country. Each character is drawn with such honesty and generosity, such insight and imagination. Angie Chau has impressed and enthralled me and I was very sorry to come to the last page."--Karen Joy Fowler
"Quiet As They Come announces the arrival of an...
β¦ Subjects
California -- San Francisco
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