Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
by Yang, Kao Kalia
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1566892082
- ISBN 13
- 9781566892087
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2008. 277 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Seeking refuge; A walk in the jungle; Enemy camp; Refugees; Ban Vinai refugee camp; The second leaving; Phanat Nikhom transition camp to America; A return to the clouds; Before the babies; Coming of the son; The haunted section-8 house; Our moldy house; When the tiger comes; Preparations; Goodbye to grandma; Walking back alone; Hmong in America.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101215
- Title
- Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
- Author
- Yang, Kao Kalia
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1566892082
- ISBN 13
- 9781566892087
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian / South-East Asian; American / Asian American;
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