Going Home, Coming Home/Ve Nha, Tham Que Huong - Hardcover

Tran, Truong

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892391790 ISBN 13: 9780892391790

Publisher: Childrens Book Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Ami Chi is traveling to Vietnam, where the streets are crowded with scooters and the fruit are shaped like dragons and stars. Her parents still consider Vietnam home. But Ami Chi is confused. How can home be a place you’ve never been? She finds her answer in the green rice paddies that blanket the countryside, in the bustling Cho Lon market, and in the quiet rooms of her grandmother’s house. Vietnam may be nothing like America, but it feels strangely familiar. Before long, Ami Chi finds that you can travel very far and still find yourself at home.

About this title

About the Author:

Truong Tran was born in Vietnam. In 1975, he immigrated with his family to the San Francisco Bay Area. Truong has received several poetry fellowships, and his poems have been published in literary journals such as ZZYZZYVA, The American Voice, and Poetry East. The author of three critically acclaimed books of poetry, Truong currently lives in San Francisco.

Ann Phong was born in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1981 she escaped Vietnam by boat, and after a year of living in refugee camps in Malaysia and the Philipines, she settled in Southern California. Ann has shown her work in galleries and museums here and abroad. She currently teaches art at California State Polytechnic University Pomona.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Before I came to Vietnam, I knew I was American. Here I learned that I am both Vietnamese and American. I am from the East and I am from the West. My home is here. My home is there. Home is two different places, on the left and right sides of my heart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Childrens Book Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0892391790
• ISBN 13: 9780892391790
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 31
• Illustrator: Phong Ann