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Book Summary
The biography of an Amerasian child in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. A wonderful book - highly recommended. 'He writes with a voice of innocence that takes us into the heart and spirit of one person's undeserved and tragic childhood.' USA Today.
Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair and his light eyes—because he as Amerasian. He was the most unwanted.
Told with stark and poetic brilliance, this is a story of survival and ultimately a story of hope. It is a moving and personal record of a family's journey to America and of a tumultuous and important piece of history.
Told with the author's unique perspective—Kien Nguyen was born in Nhatrang, South Vietnam, in 1967, to a Vietnamese mother and an American G.I. father—this memoir continues the legacy of unforgettable Vietnam stories such as Full Metal Jacket and Platoon.
The Unwanted Book By Kien Nguyen
Stark, brutal, bleak, hopelessness. These are all adjectives I would use to describe Kien Nguyen's life nearly from inception. I had a difficult time with the theme of man's inhumanity to others. Then again, it has been that way since Cain killed Abel.