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As the heart bones break
In Thong Tran's Vietnam, everyone is at war and no one is who they seem. But even a conflicted heart needs a home. Yearning for a true father and a cause to give himself to, Thong chooses independence, liberty and happiness -his tutor and the Viet Cong. It is a choice with karmic consequences he will spend the next half century criss-crossing the Pacific to outrun. Can Thong set down the bones rankling in his heart? And at what cost? A lyrical journey of self-discovery and identity ... Audrey Chin has written a powerhouse of a novel that forces the reader to feel every beat of its thumping hea.
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- "In Thong Tran's Vietnam, everyone is at war and no one is who they seem. But even a conflicted heart needs a home. Yearning for a true father and a cause to give himself to, Thong chooses independence, liberty and happiness -his tutor and the Viet Cong. It is a choice with karmic consequences he will spend the next half century criss-crossing the Pacific to outrun. Can Thong set down the bones rankling in his heart? And at what cost? A lyrical journey of self-discovery and identity ... Audrey Chin has written a powerhouse of a novel that forces the reader to feel every beat of its thumping hea."@en