Memoir books from Thailand
Recommended memoir books (2)
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If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Thailand for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Latehomecomer : A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang EN
Description:
One Hmong family's harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.
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The Song Poet : A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang EN
Description:
In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Kao Kalia Yang retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by America's Secret War. Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whis... continue