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Dust child /

Dust child /
Dust child /
Read by Quyen Ngo. In 1969, two sisters from rural Viêt 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 Viêt 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 Nguyên Phan Quê Mai at her very best.

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Record Number 686958
ISBN 9781038643056
Author Nguyễn, Phan Quế Mai
Title Dust child /
Edition Unabridged.
Publication details Tullamarine, Victoria: Bolinda Audio, [2023]
Pagination etc. 11 audio discs (CD) (12 hr., 32 min.): digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Performer note Read by Quyen Ngo.
Summary Note In 1969, two sisters from rural Viêt 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 Viêt 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 Nguyên Phan Quê Mai at her very best.
Subject Sisters -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Children of military personnel -- Vietnam -- Fiction
Amerasians -- Vietnam -- Fiction
Abandoned children -- Vietnam -- Fiction
Vietnamese -- United States -- Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
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