How the actions of all of the main characters touched the reader was incredibly effective in telling a generous and heartfelt story. Learning about the country, the poverty, the ridiculousness of this war, the pain suffered and lives lost was incredibly interesting and haunting. But this book offers so much more emotion and depth. Some may see this as a retelling of the Miss Saigon, and trust me, I see where those thoughts are coming from.
And finally, two sisters known as “bar girls” that are connected to these men, each with their own rich storyline. Another man is visiting Vietnam – a vet suffering from PTSD that has returned to secretly search for his child, after leaving his girlfriend and baby.
One man is searching for his father – a Black American officer. This book has a few different POVs all taking place in Vietnam. After huge success from her first book, The Mountains Sing, it’s absolutely amazing that she can land another rich and deeply emotional book. “To plant a garden is to grow faith in tomorrow.”ĭust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai was another winner in this author’s literary belt. Quotes I liked:Įveryday holds the possibility of a miracle.” This is a great book to give young girls in elementary or middle school. That young readers can discover the Language of Flowers, which again, I didn’t know much about until I read a book with the same title. I didn’t know of this part of American history until I read the book by the same title.
That she shares a story about the Orphan Train, which is good for young readers to learn about. Two aspects from the book that I really appreciated from the author are: 1. The author uses a rich vocabulary for young readers but includes definitions for them in an easy to read way. Claire encounters many discoveries about nature, family ties, life and death and the budding of a romantic relationship as she also starts to believe in the reality of fairies. Although that was a surprise for me, I found this story of Claire enchanting as she struggles between the comfort of her scientific mind and the newness of a magical mind that’s introduced by her grandmother. She was right I did like it quite a bit however I was not aware it was aimed at very young readers, in my opinion, somewhere between ages 9 – 12. I read this book by request of the author who thought I’d enjoy it due to the Fairies in the title. It’s through Grandma Faye’s stories of being a thirteen year old in Dallas, Texas in the 1920’s that opens Claire’s heart to love and belief in other things you can only see with your heart. When her quirky and estranged grandmother comes to live with her distressed family, Claire is cynical. Thirteen-year-old Claire has deep concerns about her brother who is away fighting in the Iraq war. Fantasy and history all mixed together, with a cross-generational relationship between an eccentric grandmother and a skeptical granddaughter. Magical realism for readers age 9 and up.
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