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Things We Lost to the Water: A novel , Nguyen, Eric
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- ISBN
- 9780593317952
- Book Title
- Things We Lost to the Water : a Novel
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Sagas, Family Life, Coming of Age
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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A captivating novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped. This stunning debut is "vast in scale and ambition, while luscious and inviting ... in its intimacy" ( The New York Times Book Review). When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and worried about her husband, Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle in to life in America, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father. But with time, Huong realizes she will never see her husband again. While she attempts to come to terms with this loss, her sons, Tuan and Binh, grow up in their absent father's shadow, haunted by a man and a country trapped in their memories and imaginations. As they push forward, the three adapt to life in America in different ways: Huong gets involved with a Vietnamese car salesman who is also new in town; Tuan tries to connect with his heritage by joining a local Vietnamese gang; and Binh, now going by Ben, embraces his adopted homeland and his burgeoning sexuality. Their search for identity--as individuals and as a family--threatens to tear them apart, until disaster strikes the city they now call home and they are suddenly forced to find a new way to come together and honor the ties that bind them.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593317955
ISBN-13
9780593317952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050073402
Product Key Features
Book Title
Things We Lost to the Water : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Coming of Age
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A devastatingly beautiful debut novel of secrets, deceits, and survivals. An extraordinary tale of a mother and her two sons, torn apart by the storms of Vietnam, to be tested again by the hurricanes of New Orleans. The end has me weeping from joy, sorrow and hope. Eric Nguyen's talent radiates via his urgent pose and his ability to sketch the fine line between loyalty and betrayal, between what brings us together and what breaks us apart. THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER is a powerful, stunning, and necessary read!" -- Nguyn Phan Qu Mai, author of The Mountains Sing, An Atlanta Journal-Constitution Most Anticipated Book of the Year "Nguyen's Things We Lost to the Water is a novel full of tenderness and courage. The family at its center hums with love and strength, and their journey to and within New Orleans brings a fresh perspective to that most iconic city. Nguyen will broaden the reader's understanding of migration, perseverance, and what it means to be American. This is exactly the sort of novel we need right now." --Kawai Strong Washburn, author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors What a book! Eric Nguyen has written one of the best debut novels in years. In precise, exquisite sentences, Nguyen details the emotional lives of three family members over decades of struggle, survival, joy. Things We Lost to the Water is a masterpiece, an arrival, an expression of love, from a beautiful and necessary new voice. --Matthew Salesses, author of The Hundred-Year Flood "A devastatingly beautiful debut novel of secrets, deceits, and survivals. An extraordinary tale of a mother and her two sons, torn apart by the storms of Vietnam, to be tested again by the hurricanes of New Orleans. The end has me weeping from joy, sorrow and hope. Eric Nguyen's talent radiates via his urgent prose and his ability to sketch the fine line between loyalty and betrayal, between what brings us together and what breaks us apart. THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER is a powerful, stunning, and necessary read!" -- Nguyn Phan Qu Mai, author of The Mountains Sing
Lccn
2020-033323
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Lc Classification Number
Ps3614.G864t48 2021
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