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ISBN-13: 9781838415907
Author(s): Kim Thuy
Subjects: FA, FBA
Publisher: Seven Stories Press UK
Publisher Imprint: Seven Stories Press UK
Publication Date: 23-09-2021
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£9.99
About the book
Emma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. Through the linked destinies of characters connected by birth and destiny, the novel zigzags between the rubber plantations of Indochina; daily life in Saigon during the war as people find ways to survive and help each other; Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War; and today's global nail polish and nail salon industry, largely driven by former Vietnamese refugees - and everything in between.