The latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult Biography | B YANG K | Checked Out | April 22, 2024 |
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Published
Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
First edition published by Coffee House Press in 2008.
Description
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her family's story after her grandmother's death, The Latehomecomer is Kao Kalia Yang's tribute to the remarkable woman whose spirit held them all together. It is also an account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard. Beginning in the 1970s, as the Hmong were being massacred for their collaboration with the United States during the Vietnam War, Yang recounts the harrowing story of her family's captivity, the daring rescue undertaken by her father and uncles, and their narrow escape into Thailand where Yang was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. When she was six years old, Yang's family immigrated to America, and she captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and a new language. Through her words, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Yang, K. K. (2017). The latehomecomer: a Hmong family memoir . Coffee House Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-. 2017. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir. Coffee House Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir Coffee House Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Yang, Kao Kalia. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir Coffee House Press, 2017.
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