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The Red Watermelon Seeds: A Memoir
The Red Watermelon Seeds: A Memoir
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A long journey to freedom.
When Xuan first encountered the attack during the Vietnam War, she thought the sound of the rockets and artillery was caused by thunder. Xuan, along with many other children in her neighborhood would innocently look for bullet shells or chase after the leaflets of propaganda falling from the sky, not knowing the imminent danger surrounding them. One might think whoever lived in Vietnam during the war would constantly worry about death, but through the eyes of a child, the war and politics were irrelevant. This story is not a story of war, but is truly a coming of age story, of culture and family dynamics. It will show you the heart of a family from the perspective of a little girl, who was the seventh child in a family of ten, living in South Vietnam in 1968. Her parents later on secretly committed a series of crimes that would change their lives forever.
When Xuan first encountered the attack during the Vietnam War, she thought the sound of the rockets and artillery was caused by thunder. Xuan, along with many other children in her neighborhood would innocently look for bullet shells or chase after the leaflets of propaganda falling from the sky, not knowing the imminent danger surrounding them. One might think whoever lived in Vietnam during the war would constantly worry about death, but through the eyes of a child, the war and politics were irrelevant. This story is not a story of war, but is truly a coming of age story, of culture and family dynamics. It will show you the heart of a family from the perspective of a little girl, who was the seventh child in a family of ten, living in South Vietnam in 1968. Her parents later on secretly committed a series of crimes that would change their lives forever.
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