Blogs in June 2021

House of Sticks 19th June 2021

An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl’ s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she...

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The Paper Boat 13th June 2021

Named a best picture book of 2020 by Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, New York Public Library, the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books — a heartfelt and personal immigration story by...

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Build Your House Around My Body 13th May 2021

Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge. 1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her...

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Eyes (Half-Alive Book 1) 6th May 2021

“A Vietnamese Brothers Grimm tale! A little bit of creepy to read while curled up with on the couch. A 24hr read. Well translated to English.” – Reedsy Discovery. ◆◆◆ Spirited Away meets Coraline in the Suburbs of Hanoi,...

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Good Night Papa: Short Stories from Japan and Elsewhere 4th May 2021

Good Night Papa: Short Stories from Japan and Elsewhere is a collection of short fiction fifteen stories high, nine countries wide, and peopled with wily, quick-witted, dim-witted, hapless, helpless, strong and gentle characters. These are tales about people with...

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