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Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam | Thien Pham
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A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do! Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity. Behind every cut of steak and inside every croissant lies a story. And for Thien Pham, that story is about a search-- for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.
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willaful
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A sweet memoir about immigrants from Vietnam pursuing the American dream, with memories, both good and bad, captured in the tastes of food.

In other words... It's “Dreamy steamy“! #FourFoursin24 perfection! 😁

Also book #4 in the #BookChain : title has few words than the last book. #BookSpinBingo : book stacked on Litsy.

This fits several #URC prompts, so we'll see where it ends up eventually.

Lauredhel Oh I liked this one too! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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Smrloomis
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This book is phenomenal and everyone should read it. I LOVED it SO MUCH! 💗😍

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Smrloomis
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This is so so good 💗💗💗

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NotCool
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This book made me cry. It‘s so good. And I‘m so hungry now.

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Centique
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I loved this beautiful graphic memoir about Thien‘s journey to the USA from Vietnam. It is structured around different foods and what they mean to him and shows how they are tied so tightly to important memories and carry sometimes complex emotions.

Reggie I already know I would cry reading this. 7mo
Centique @Reggie first time a graphic memoir made me cry - and it was a happy bit that did it 😢 7mo
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Shievad
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This is a graphic novel memoir of the author‘s life from leaving Vietnam as a refugee as a young child to his move to the US soon after and through adulthood to mid-life. The story was good and I liked how each chapter focused on a different developmental age or life transition. Overall the art was good; only complaint is that it was very hard to tell the author apart from the other children until you get to the teen years.

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Lauredhel
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Libby borrow. Looks interesting! I like a memoir with food involved.

AileenRR My favorite thing is food memoirs! ♥️ 8mo
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jlhammar
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This graphic memoir gave me a serious craving for Vietnamese cuisine! Pham tells the story of his family‘s immigration to the US and the challenges they faced while working towards the American Dream. He does so through food and the memories tied to it. The respect, gratitude and admiration he has for his parents, especially his mother, really shines through.

Aimeesue I‘ve just seen this post at 5:00 PM and suddenly I‘m starving. Coincidence? 10mo
Tamra 😋 10mo
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