Oh man, I was let down by this book. I love Laura Ingalls Wilder so much that, by extension, I love all people who love her. And some of them are nuts. Based on the cover (I know, I know) and the plot description on the book flap I thought this would be a witty novel about a Vietnamese-American w...
It's been a long time since a book grabbed me like Pioneer Girl (well, I guess I did read Free Food for Millionaires earlier this year). I kept forgetting I was reading fiction. Nguyen's story just felt real. I love the conversations her characters have (about racism, identity, the problematic asp...
If this intriguing layered novel only told the family focused story of Lee Lien, a book-nerdy young woman with an on-hold academic career trying to straddle the contrasting cultures and conflicting expectations of modern America, where she was born, and traditional pre-war Vietnam, where her strong-...
Pioneer Girl: A Novel - Bich Minh Nguyen
Pioneer Girl Pioneer Girl: A Novel - Bich Minh Nguyen