House of Sticks:A Memoir by Ly Tran [EPUB]

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House of Sticks_ A Memoir by Ly Tran [House of Sticks]

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House of Sticks | English

Book Info:
QuoteTitle: House of Sticks
Author: Ly Tran
Language: English
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781501118821
An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl's journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.
Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly's father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet.

As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents' Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother...
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