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An NEA Big Read Selection
“This is the best account of the Hmong experience I’ve ever read—powerful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.”—Anne Fadiman, author ofThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
“A narrative packed with the stuff of life.” —Entertainment Weekly
Kao Kalia Yangis the author ofThe Song PoetandThe Latehomecomer, which was a finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award and the Asian American Literary Award, and received the 2009 Minnesota Book Award.
Minnesota Book Award winner & Readers Choice Award recipient
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award winner
An NEA Big Read selection
Midwest Booksellers Association Midwest Connections pick
“This is the best account of the Hmong experience I’ve ever read—powerful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.”—Anne Fadiman, author ofThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
“Packed with the stuff of life.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Yang tells her family’s story with grace; she narrates their struggles, beautifully weaving in Hmong folklore and culture.”—Publishers Weekly,starred review
“Inspiring. . . . Yang has performed an important service in bringing readers the stories of a people whose history has beenshamefully neglected.”—Kirkus
“A tale as poetic as it is informative.”—City Pages
“A natural storytelllÃ*
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