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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Tran, Ly, 1989-     Subjects     Tran, Ly, 1989-     Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Childhood and youth.     Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Family.     Immigrant youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Vietnamese American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- Biography.     Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tran, Ly, 1989-       by title:      House of sticks : a ...       by call number:      LP 921 T772h     Search the Web     Tran, Ly, 1989-     Tran, Ly, 1989-     Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Childhood and youth.     Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Family.     Immigrant youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Vietnamese American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- Biography.     Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.       MARC Display

House of sticks : a memoir / Ly Tran. by Tran, Ly, 1989- Center Point Large Print, c2021. Call #: LP 921 T772h Subjects Tran, Ly, 1989-   Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Childhood and youth.   Tran, Ly, 1989- -- Family.   Immigrant youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Vietnamese American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- Biography.   Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9781638080695 (large print hc.) Edition:  Large print. Description:  487 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm. Summary:  "An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brownsville, Brooklyn, that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave an indelible mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her? Told in a spare, evocative voice that, with flashes of humor, weaves together her family’s immigration experience with her own fraught and courageous coming of age, House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s struggle to reckon with her heritage and forge her own path."--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 921 T772h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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