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Born

in Da Nang, Viet Nam

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https://thelifesheonceknew.com/

Twitter

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Christian

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As a young child, Vanna Nguyen enjoyed a prestigious life in South Vietnam until the country’s fall to Communism in 1975. After risking her life for the dream of freedom, she fled to the United States where she became a citizen and raised her two daughters, Anna and Queena.

Life was perfect until 18-year-old Queena was brutally attacked and raped while dropping books off at the local library. As a result of the attack, Vanna lost not only her once-thriving small business, but she also lost her beloved daughter as she knew her.

Today, Vanna is a tireless advocate for Queena’s rehabilitation from traumatic brain injury sustained during the attack. Vanna manages the popular Join Queena website and official social media acc ...more

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“I never forgot who Queena was before the attack, but she was so different now that it almost felt like I had a third child.”
― Vanna Nguyen, The Life She Once Knew: The Incredible True Story of Queena, The Bloomingdale Library Attack Survivor

tags: christian-faith-hope, god-s-grace, god-s-love, inspirational, memoir, mothers-and-daughters, mothers-love, motivational, tbi

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“The privilege of leaning on God, and others, when I couldn’t stand strong on my own may not have been the reasons why tragedy and suffering had visited us. But these blessings would not have been experienced if tragedy and suffering had not visited us.”
― Vanna Nguyen, The Life She Once Knew: The Incredible True Story of Queena, The Bloomingdale Library Attack Survivor

tags: christianity-faith, faitth-based, inspirational, memoir, tbi

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