Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
Thien Pham, illustrated by Thien Pham
A Vietnamese refugee remembers his family’s passage to the United States through food. The account includes flavors and meals from the family’s time adrift at sea as they fled Vietnam. After reaching a refugee camp in Thailand, the Pham family struggles to survive. Foods encountered at different points in the journey provide the structure for recalling displacement, family experience, and arrival in the United States. The artwork is colorful.
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