"A devastatingly honest memoir that reckons with the past in order to ask whether the things that happen to us--and the choices we make--dictate the people that we become. Mistakes to Run With chronicles the turbulent early years of Yasuko Thanh's life, from a rough childhood to ...
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'To the Bridge' is a heartrending tale of a mother hell-bent on saving her family after her daughter's suicide attempt - despite the destruction it might mean for herself. Yasuko Thanh lives in Victoria, BC. From the author of 'Mistakes to Run With' (a Dewey Diva pick).
1908. The French rule Saigon. Georges-Minh, a Vietnamese national and Paris-educated physician, nurses a secret loathing for the French connections that have made him rich, even as they have torn his beloved country apart. With a group calling themselves the Mysterious Fragrance ...
Winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist for the 2017 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award Finalist for the 2017 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize How can you stand up to tyranny when your own identity is in turmoil? Vietnam is a haunted countr...