The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
In the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United Statesall in search of a new place to call home. Decades later, their experiences remain largely unknown.Kao Kalia Yang was driven to tell her own family s story after her grandmother s death. The Latehomecomer is a tribute to that grandmother, a remarkable woman whose spirit held her family together through their imprisonment in Laos, their narrow escape into Thailand s Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, their immigration to St. Paul when Yang was only six years old, and their transition to life in America. It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard in their adopted homeland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781566892087 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566892082 |
| Title | The Latehomecomer |
| Author | Kao Kalia Yang |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
| Year published | 2008-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Prizes | Winner of Minnesota Book Award (Memoir) 2009, Winner of Minnesota Book Award (Readers' Choice) 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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