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Dustin Thao

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Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Political Science, and is currently in a PhD program at Northwestern University. He writes contemporary fiction, and his debut novel You’ve Reached Sam is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

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You've Reached Sam (You've ...

3.61 avg rating — 171,845 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions
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When Haru Was Here

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“We are two parts of a song. He is the music. I am the words.”
Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

“If the ending is this painful, I don’t know if this was worth it all.”
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“Letting go isn’t about forgetting. It’s balancing moving forward with life, and looking back from time to time, remembering the people in it.”
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