The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam Tapa blanda - 2003

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In this heartfelt memoir, Dana Sachs takes the reader on a sensual and textured voyage to a country most Americans think about only in terms of war. A finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award, this deftly written narrative reveals how Sachs settled in with slick, warmhearted Tung and his quietly tenacious wife Huong in Hanoi and made a place for herself in enemy territory. With vivid descriptions of the communitythe noodle stalls and roaring motorcycles, the vestiges of French colonialism, and the encroachment of glittering high-risesSachs explores the tenuous balance between the traditions of old Vietnam and a country in the throes of modernization. Sachs s honest depiction of her difficulties renders her triumphs and love for the country and its people all the more poignant and compelling. This edition includes a new afterword by the author."