{"product_id":"perfume-dreams-reflections-on-the-vietnamese-diaspora-1597140201","title":"Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1597140201\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Lam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a Viet Kieu, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general, came to California on the eve of the fall of Saigon to communist forces. He traded his Vietnamese name for a more American one and immersed himself in the allure of the American dream: something not clearly defined for him or his family. Reflecting on the meanings of the Vietnam War to the Vietnamese people themselves-particularly to those in exile-Lam picks with searing honesty at the roots of his doubleness and his parents longing for a homeland that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52157318594848,"sku":"NEW1597140201","price":12.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/713FIX2B_5L.jpg?v=1786041596","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/perfume-dreams-reflections-on-the-vietnamese-diaspora-1597140201","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}