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Dust child : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Dust child : a novel / Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai.

Summary:

"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1643755781
  • ISBN: 9781643755786
  • Physical Description: 343 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
Formatted Contents Note:
Child of the enemy -- Returning to the land of fear -- An impossible choice -- A bird finding its nest -- The heat of Sài Gòn -- Sài Gòn tea -- A flash of hope -- Facing the consequences -- Behind the dark room -- The tree of love -- The secret -- The danger of fire -- The cost of hope -- The Laughing Buddha -- War and peace -- How to be a mother -- Finding a needle at the bottom of the ocean -- The past and the future -- Revenge and forgiveness -- Black against white -- Love and honor.
Subject: Children of military personnel > Vietnam > Fiction.
Amerasians > Vietnam > Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Children > Fiction.
Abandoned children > Vietnam > Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans > Fiction.
Families > Vietnam > Fiction.
Vietnam > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Reading group guide.
Enfants de militaires > Viêt-nam > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amérasiens > Viêt-nam > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Enfants > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Enfants abandonnés > Viêt-nam > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Américains d'origine vietnamienne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Familles > Viêt-nam > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Viêt-nam > Histoire > 20e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Family members.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Columbia Gorge Community College Library Fiction QUEMA 2023 (Text) 39705000078385 New Book Shelf Available -


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