This charming memoir tells Oanh’s story of her family’s journey from Vietnam to Texas. She starts with her life back in Vietnam as a child running along monkey bridges in an orchard in the Mekong Delta, where her family was exiled after the war. Her family has some unsuccessful attempts to get out of Vietnam, but like other “boat people” they eventually succeed. She explains the immigration process back then through the eyes of a child, a stark contrast to the process today and the […]