| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
368 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brownsville, Brooklyn, that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave an indelible mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her?" -- Amazon. |
| Subject |
Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Childhood and youth.
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Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Family.
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| Subject(S) |
Vietnamese American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Immigrant youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781501118814 (hardcover) |
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1501118811 (hardcover) |
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