The latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir /
Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-
The latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir / Late homecomer Late home comer Kao Kalia Yang. - Minneapolis : [New York] : Coffee House Press ; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, 2008. - 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Seeking refuge -- A walk in the jungle -- Enemy camp -- Refugees -- Ban Vinai refugee camp -- The second leaving -- Phanat Nikhom transition camp to America -- A return to the clouds -- Before the babies -- Coming of the son -- The haunted section-8 house -- Our moldy house -- When the tiger comes -- Preparations -- Goodbye to grandma -- Walking back alone -- Hmong in America.
Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother.
1566892082 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781566892087 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007046386
Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-
Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980- --Family.
Grandmothers--Biography.
Hmong Americans--Biography.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
Refugees--Laos--Biography.
Refugees--Thailand--Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees.
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Biography.
The latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir / Late homecomer Late home comer Kao Kalia Yang. - Minneapolis : [New York] : Coffee House Press ; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, 2008. - 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Seeking refuge -- A walk in the jungle -- Enemy camp -- Refugees -- Ban Vinai refugee camp -- The second leaving -- Phanat Nikhom transition camp to America -- A return to the clouds -- Before the babies -- Coming of the son -- The haunted section-8 house -- Our moldy house -- When the tiger comes -- Preparations -- Goodbye to grandma -- Walking back alone -- Hmong in America.
Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother.
1566892082 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781566892087 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007046386
Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-
Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980- --Family.
Grandmothers--Biography.
Hmong Americans--Biography.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
Refugees--Laos--Biography.
Refugees--Thailand--Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees.
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Biography.