Along the Perfume River lives an old woman who has never left her village, who has raised children and grandchildren, never having seen the other side of the river. A nightclub owner from Vietnam travels the world, hobnobbing with international celebrities. A young man goes to college in America, only to returtn to Vietnam with made-up stories and forged photographs of himself with President Clinton. And another grows up both an American teenager and a Vietnamese general's son...the author himself.
In this engaging and thoughtful collection of essays, noted journalist Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identify and challenges definitions--both society's and his own--of what it means to be an immigrant, a son, and a survivor.
In this engaging and thoughtful collection of essays, noted journalist Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identify and challenges definitions--both society's and his own--of what it means to be an immigrant, a son, and a survivor.