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The Reeducation of Cherry Truong

A Novel

Aimee Phan 

(Author)
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21,000+ Reviews
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Description

"The Reeducation of Cherry Truong transcends ethnicity and culture and dives headlong into the plight of being human….Aimee Phan's prose is beautifully intricate yet powerful in what it reveals and exposes."---Jennie Shortridge, author of Eating Heaven

Cherry Truong's parents have exiled her wayward older brother from their Southern California home, sending him to Vietnam to live with distant relatives. Determined to bring him back, twenty-one-year-old Cherry travels to her family's native country and finds herself on a journey to uncover decades-old secrets---hidden loves, desperate choices, and lives ripped apart by the march of war and the currents of history.
The Reeducation of Cherry Truong is the sweeping story of two spirited and unforgettable families---the Truongs and the Vos---and their yearning for reconciliation, redemption, and a place to call home.

Product Details

PublisherPicador
Publish DateJanuary 08, 2013
Pages368
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781250024022
Dimensions215.9 X 139.7 X 0.8 mm | 1.0 pounds

About the Author

Aimee Phan grew up in Orange County, California, and now teaches in the MFA Writing Program and Writing and Literature Program at California College of the Arts. A 2010 National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, Aimee received her MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first book, WE SHOULD NEVER MEET, was named a Notable Book by the Kiryama Prize in fiction and a finalist for the 2005 Asian American Literary Awards. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Oregonian among others.

Reviews

“Aimee Phan is a keen observer and a beautiful writer.” —Yiyun Li, author of The Vagrants

“Phan's sensitively rendered novel serves up a fierce tale….She explores themes of identity, love, and redemption with a nuanced grace.” —Audrey magazine

“A reader's dream---a fully fleshed-out family drama full of complex characters and enough old grudges for a host of mafiosi. No one is spared Phan's eagle-eyed vision....A truly unique coming-of-age story.” —Rebecca Johns, author of The Countess

“A story of loyalties, histories, and identities...Through Cherry's eyes, the complex country of Vietnam is lovingly explored in immense, realistic detail. Readers of Maxine Hong Kingston and Gish Jen will enjoy Phan's sensitive, lush prose and recognize similar questions of identity.” —Booklist

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