Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Story - Hardcover

Deitz Shea, Pegi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618247483 ISBN 13: 9780618247486

Verlag: Clarion Books, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

For the Hmong people living in overcrowded refugee camps in Thailand, America is a dream: the land of peace and plenty. In 1995, ten years after their arrival at the camp, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang and her grandmother are about to experience that dream. In America, they will be reunited with their only remaining relatives, Mai’s uncle and his family. They will discover the privileges of their new life: medical care, abundant food, and an apartment all their own. But Mai will also feel the pressures of life as a teenager. Her cousins, now known as Heather and Lisa, try to help Mai look less like a refugee, but following them means disobeying Grandma and Uncle. From showers and smoke alarms to shopping, dating, and her family’s new religion, Mai finds life in America complicated and confusing. Ultimately, she will have to reconcile the old ways with the new, and decide for herself the kind of woman she wants to be. This archetypal immigrant story introduces readers to the fascinating Hmong culture and offers a unique outsider’s perspective on our own.

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Pegi Deitz Shea has studied the Hmong people and written about their culture. She lives in Rockville, Connecticut. This is her first novel.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Clarion Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0618247483
• ISBN 13: 9780618247486
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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