Three funerals for my father : love, loss and escape from Vietnam / Jolie Phuong Hoang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoang, Jolie Phuong, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boat people--Vietnam--Biography.

Boat people.

Hoang, Jolie Phuong.

Hoang, Jolie Phuong--Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Westminster, British Columbia : Tidewater Press, [2021]

Summary:

What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Phuong Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed after the communists took over in 1975. Identified as a potential "bad element," the family lived in constant fear of being sent to the dreaded new economic zone. Desperate to ensure the family's safety and to provide a future for his children, Jolie's father arranged three separate escapes. The first was a failure that cost most of their fortune, but the second was successful--six of his children reached Indonesia and ultimately settled in Canada. He and his youngest daughter drowned during the disastrous third attempt. Told from the author's perspective and that of her father's ghost, Three Funerals for My Father is a poignant story of love, grief and resilience that spans three countries and fifty years.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hoang, Jolie Phuong Three Funerals for My Father

ISBN:

9781990160059

1990160050