Dimensions
156 x 234 x 26mm
From Vietnam to a new life ... one family's desperate voyage.
In the 1970s, hundreds of Vietnamese trusted their lives to shady characters running rickety boats out of postwar Vietnam in an effort to escape the dehumanisation of communist rule and try for a better life elsewhere. Kim Huynh's family was one of those who made that perilous voyage.
In this unique memoir, Kim traces his parents' lives from a poor village in central Vietnam through relative affluence in Saigon, to their harrowing experiences after the American withdrawal and the fall of Saigon in 1975. As Kim explores his parents' stories, he unveils the history of tragedy, oppression and inner strength of ordinary people struggling to survive in a country ravaged by colonisation and war.
This gripping story is not only an invaluable piece of history, but a moving tribute from a son to his parents.
