Episode 171: Novel Explores Vietnamese Immigrants in New Orleans
My guest is Eric Nguyen, author of the novel, THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER. With his debut novel, Nguyen tells the story of a Vietnamese immigrant family who struggle to adjust to their new lives after settling in New Orleans. THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER Provides three points of view on their emotional journey: The mother, who still longs for the husband who chose to stay in Vietnam, the son who was five years old when they left and finds himself caught between the past and the present, and the youngest son who was born in a refugee camp after their escape, and is most at home in their adopted…
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