Dust Child
A Novel
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 541 pages ; 23 cm.
"In 1969, sisters Trang and Quynh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village to work at a bar in Sai Gon. Once in the big city, the young girls are thrown headfirst into a world they were not expecting. They learn how to speak English, how to dress seductively, and how to drink and flirt (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer to the city, the once-innocent Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with a handsome and kind American helicopter pilot she meets at the bar. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Viet Nam with his wife, Linda, in search of a way to heal from his PTSD; instead, secrets he thought he had buried surface and threaten his marriage. At the same time, Phong--the adult son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman--embarks on a mission to find both his parents and a way out of Viet Nam. Abandoned in front of an orphanage, Phong grew up being called "the dust of life," "Black American imperialist," and "child of the enemy," and he dreams of a better life in the United States for himself, his wife Bình, and his children."-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Thorndike Press large print diverse voices
Subjects:
Children of military personnel -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Amerasians -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children -- Fiction.
Abandoned children -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Families -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Children of military personnel -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Amerasians -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children -- Fiction.
Abandoned children -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Families -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9798885791557
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LPF Nguyen | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Large Print Fiction | In |