| Boat People Contributor(s): Gardner, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393337367 ISBN-13: 9780393337365 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Asian American - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.79 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This powerful narrative, winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel, focuses on Galveston, Texas, and a community of newly arrived Vietnamese. Struggling to maintain a balance between Vietnam and America, they live with one foot in each world. Close-knit families, now fragmented, dream of the "kingdom of elders left behind"; young girls shoulder responsibility far beyond their years; and homesick professionals, puzzled by American customs, strive to belong while clinging to the rituals that sustain them. |
