- Title:
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Dust Child
- Written by:
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Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai
- Read by:
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Quyen Ngo
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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12 hours 32 minutes
- Published:
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May 01 2023
- Available Date:
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May 01 2023
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038643070
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing comes a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma and the overriding power of forgiveness.
In 1969, two sisters from rural Vi?t Nam leave their parents’ home and travel to the bustling city of Sài Gòn. Soon their lives are swept up in the unstoppable flames of a war that is blazing through their country. They begin working as ‘bar girls’ in one of the drinking dens frequented by American GIs, forced to accept that survival now might mean compromising the values they once treasured.
Decades later, two men wander through the streets and marketplaces of a very different Sài Gòn: modern, forward-looking, healing. Phong – the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman – embarks on a search to find his parents and a way out of Vi?t Nam, while Dan, a war veteran, hopes that retracing the steps of his youth will ease the PTSD that has plagued him for decades.
When the lives of these unforgettable characters converge, each is forced to reckon with the explosive events of history that still ripple through their lives. Now they must work out what it takes to move forward in this richly poetic saga from Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai at her very best.
'Dazzling. Sharply drawn and hauntingly beautiful.'
Elif Shafek, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees
'Achingly honest and ultimately hopeful; essential reading.'
Library Journal, starred review
'Rewarding … with a cinematic clarity.'
Publishers Weekly
'Another triumph! Powerful and deeply empathetic. A heartbreaking tale of lost ideals, human devotion, and hard-won redemption.'
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer