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Dust child : a novel / Nguyen Phan Que Mai.

Nguyẽ̂n, Phan Qué̂ Mai, 1973- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781643752754
Physical Description: 339 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Child of the enemy -- Returning to the land of fear -- An impossible choice -- A bird finding its nest -- The heat of Sai Gon -- Sai Gon tea -- A flash of hope -- Facing the consequences -- Behind the dark room -- The tree of love -- The secret -- The danger of fire -- The cost of hope -- The laughing Buddha -- War and peace -- How to be a mother -- Finding a needle at the bottom of the ocean -- The past and the future -- Revenge and forgiveness -- Black against white -- Love and honor.

Summary, etc.:

"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"-- Provided by publisher.