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The fortunes of jaded women : a novel / by Huynh, Carolyn,author.;
It started with their ancestor, Oanh, who dared to leave her marriage for true love--so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons. Oanh's current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. She's divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she's estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and the mediator) and Khuyen Lam (the youngest who swears she just runs humble coffee shops and nail salons, not Little Saigon's underground). Though Mai's three adult daughters, Priscilla, Thuy, and Thao, are successful in their careers (one of them is John Cho's dermatologist!), the same can't be said for their love lives. Mai is convinced they might drive her to an early grave. Desperate for guidance, she consults Auntie Hua, her trusted psychic in Hawaii, who delivers an unexpected prediction: this year, her family will witness a marriage, a funeral, and the birth of a son. This prophecy will reunite estranged mothers, daughters, aunts, and cousins-for better or for worse. A multi-narrative novel brimming with levity and candor, The Fortunes of Jaded Women is about mourning, meddling, celebrating, and healing together as a family. It shows how Vietnamese women emerge victorious, even if the world is against them. "--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Families; Sisters; Vietnamese American women;
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Daughters of the new year : a novel / by Tran, E. M.,author.;
In New Orleans, three daughters of a former beauty queen and Vietnamese refugee obsessed with zodiac signs are trying to go about their modern lives, but begin to encounter strange glimpses of long-buried secrets from their ancestors.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Children of immigrants; Families; Sisters; Vietnamese Americans;
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Hundred years of happiness / by Lai, Thanhha,author.; Lien, Kim,1991-illustrator.; Quang, Nguyen,1989-illustrator.; Container of (expression):Lai, Thanhha.Hundred years of happiness.Spoken word (Dinh); Dinh, Elyse,narrator.;
Read by Elyse Dinh.A stunning picture book debut, showcasing the love between grandparents and grandchildren, the challenges of memory loss, and the joy that sweet reminders of a faraway home can bring, from award-winning, bestselling author Thanhhà Lại. This sweet and emotional picture book will resonate with readers who love A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Ladder to the Moon, and Thank You, Omu! An's grandmother Bà sometimes gets trapped in her cloudy memories. An and her grandfather, Ông, come up with a plan to bring her back to a happy moment: they grow gấc fruits so they can make xôi gấc, Bà's favorite dish from her wedding in Việt Nam many years ago. An and Ông work together in the garden, nurturing the gấc seeds. They must be patient and wait for the seeds to grow, flower, and turn into fruit. When the xôi gấc is finally ready, An is hopeful that her grandmother will remember her wedding wish with Ông: hundred years of happiness. Striking and vivid illustrations bring this tender story of a loving, intergenerational Vietnamese family to life.Ages 4-8.P-3.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Grandparent and child; Grandmothers; Memory; Seeds; Vietnamese American families; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Memory; Seeds; Family life; Vietnamese; Picture books.; VOX books.;
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Lunar New Year love story [graphic novel] / by Yang, Gene Luen,author.; Pham, LeUyen,illustrator.;
Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?014-018.Grades 9-12.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Paranormal comics.; Romance comics.; Chinese New Year; Asian American teenagers; Vietnamese American families; Dating (Social customs); Dating; Fate and fatalism; Spirits;
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She is a haunting / by Tran, Trang Thanh,author.;
Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyrn is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans.Ages 13 and up.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Young adult fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Bisexual people; Bisexuals; Families; Haunted houses; Vietnamese Americans; Bisexual people; Bisexuals; Family life; Families; Haunted houses; Vietnamese Americans;
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Mỹ documents : a novel / by Nguyen, Kevin,author.;
"Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan grew up as cousins in the sprawling Nguyen family, but the truth about their family is much more complicated. As young adults, they're on the precipice of new ventures-Ursula as a budding journalist in Manhattan, Alvin as an engineering intern for Google, Jen as a naive freshman at NYU, and Duncan as a promising newcomer on his high school football team. Their lives are upended when a series of violent, senseless attacks across America create a national panic, prompting a government policy forcing Vietnamese Americans into internment camps. Jen and Duncan are sent with their mother to Camp Tacoma while Ursula and Alvin receive exemptions. Cut off entirely from the outside world, Jen and Duncan try to withstand long dusty days in camp, forced to work jobs they hate and acclimate to life without the internet. That is until Jen discovers a way to get messages to the outside. Her first instinct is to reach out to Ursula, who sees this as an opportunity to tell the world about the horrors of detention-and bolster her own reporting career in the process. Informed by real-life events from Japanese incarceration, the Vietnam War, and modern-day immigrant detention, Kevin Nguyen gives us a version of reality only a few degrees away from our own-much too close for comfort. Moving and finely attuned to both the brutalities and mundanities of racism in America, Mỹ Documents is a strangely funny and touching portrait of American ambition, fear, and family. The story of the Nguyens is one of resilience and how we return to each other, and to ourselves, after tragedy"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Internment camps; Racism; Resilience (Personality trait); Vietnamese Americans;
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House of sticks : a memoir / by Tran, Ly,1989-author.;
"A powerful memoir by 25-year-old Ly Tran about her immigrant experience and her recent family history in the aftermath of the war that spans from Vietnam to Brooklyn, and ultimately to the Ivy League."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Tran, Ly, 1989-; Tran, Ly, 1989-; Immigrant youth; Vietnamese American women;
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Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays / by Zepeda, Gwendolyn.; Muraida, Thelma.; Ventura, Gabriela Baeza.;
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Subjects: Friendship; Hispanic Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Single-parent families; Remarriage; Spanish language materials;
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Banyan Moon : a novel / by Thai, Thao,author.;
"Three Vietnamese American women mourning the death of the family matriarch recount their lives and childhoods at a crumbling, gothic manor called Banyan House, where the secrets of her grandmother's past come to light"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Estranged families; Family secrets; Generations; Grief; Manors; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Vietnamese Americans;
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Dust child : a novel / by Nguyẽ̂n, Phan Qué̂ Mai,1973-author.;
"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Abandoned children; Amerasians; Children of military personnel; Families; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Americans;
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