Going Home, Coming Home (English and Vietnamese Edition) - Softcover

Truong Tran

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089239238X ISBN 13: 9780892392384

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 2014

Synopsis

A young girl visits her grandmother in Vietnam where her parents were born and learns that she can call two places home.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This summer, Ami Chi is taking a trip to far off Vietnam, where the streets are crowded with zipping scooters and fruit is shaped like dragons and stars. To her parents, Vietnam is still home a home they haven't seen since they left during the war. But all this talk of going back home leaves Ami Chi confused. How can you go back home to a place you've never been?

Ami Chi finds her answer in the rolling 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 some things like the help of a new friend make this strange place feel familiar. Before long, Ami Chi finds that sometimes, you can travel farther than you ever thought possible and still find yourself at home.

Poet Truong Tran uses delicate, lyrical prose to craft this tender story of leaving and finding places that make up who we are. Ann Phong's lush paintings complete this unforgettable journey with vibrant color and loving detail.

Review:

"In this intimate bilingual tale bridging two cultures, Tran and Phong ... write and paint from the heart." -- Reviewer "Publishers Weekly"

"Phong's richly colored, double-page acrylic paintings capture both the child's dislocation in the strange crowds and the contrast between the two worlds she knows." -- Reviewer "Booklist"

"Phong's market and street scenes put readers into authentic settings. She captures Saigon's street life perfectly with her portrayal of a boy carrying a steaming bowl of noodles across a street while traffic dances around him." -- Reviewer "The Sacramento Bee"

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 089239238X
• ISBN 13: 9780892392384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ann Phong