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ISBN: 1566894786
Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
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One Hmong familys harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.Yangs award-winning memoir of her familys harrowing escape from war in Laos is a love letter to her grandmother, a troubling portrait of the consequences of US intervention in Southeast Asia, and a glimpse into the little-seen exodus of the Hmong people, first to refugee camps in Thailand and then, for many, to new homes in Minnesota.
- An NEA Big Read Selection Kao Kalia Yang is the author of The Song Poet and The Latehomecomer, which was a finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award and the Asian American Literary Award, and received the 2009 Minnesota Book Award.?This is the best account of the Hmong experience I?ve ever read-powerful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.?-Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down ?A narrative packed with the stuff of life.? -Entertainment Weekly
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