As the Heart Bones Break

Fiction & Literature, Military, Historical
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Author: Audrey Chin ISBN: 9789814516778
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Publication: September 29, 2013
Imprint: Marshall Cavendish Editions Language: English
Author: Audrey Chin
ISBN: 9789814516778
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International
Publication: September 29, 2013
Imprint: Marshall Cavendish Editions
Language: English

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 heart.—Sung J. Woo, author of Everything AsianAudrey Chin’s expert weaving of this many-layered tale admirably illuminates Vietnam’s complex history. It gives insight into the web of divided loyalties and allegiances, both political and emotional, that blighted the lives of so many people in the fight for independence. This is an absorbing and enlightening book, and a tour de force in storytelling.—Meira Chandauthor of eight novels andA Different Sky (Random House, 2011)

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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 heart.—Sung J. Woo, author of Everything AsianAudrey Chin’s expert weaving of this many-layered tale admirably illuminates Vietnam’s complex history. It gives insight into the web of divided loyalties and allegiances, both political and emotional, that blighted the lives of so many people in the fight for independence. This is an absorbing and enlightening book, and a tour de force in storytelling.—Meira Chandauthor of eight novels andA Different Sky (Random House, 2011)

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