Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter' by Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1984878166
- ISBN-13 : 978-1984878168
- Product Dimensions : 6.2 x 1.05 x 9.3 inches
In alternating narrative chapters between mother and daughter, two women write about their past and families in this literary memoir. Lan, the mother, came to the U.S. as a 13-year-old refugee. Harlan, the daughter, struggles to make friends and come into her own. The two women narrate their intense struggles as they each form their own identities.
Review: Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter' by Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao
I'm close to my mother and though we have a few similarities we are definitely two different people.
Reading A Family in Six Tones, I find that the story is easy to connect to. Lan Cao and her daughter Harlan Margaret Van Cao team up to create this book of their personal memories.
This book shows us the aftereffects and the struggles of Lan coming to America from Saigon in 1975, and how the mother and daughter cope.
I received this book through the generosity of Anna Sacca, Senior Publicity Manager with FSB Associates