β Scribed by Que Mai Phan Nguyen
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The tallest mountains -- Red on the white grains -- The fortune teller -- Getting up and falling down again -- The great hunger -- My father's gift -- The land reform -- The journey south -- The walk -- My mother's secret -- Destination -- The country bumpkin boy -- The way to happiness -- My Uncle Minh -- Facing the enemy -- My grandmother's songs.;"The multigenerational tale of the TrΓ Μn family, set against the backdrop of the Viα»t Nam War. TrΓ Μn Diα»u Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in HΓ Nα»i, her young granddaughter, HΖ°Ζ‘ng, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hα» ChΓ Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"--
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