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Kien Nguyen

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in Nhatrang, Viet Nam

January 01, 1967

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Kien Nguyen was born to a Vietnamese mother from a once wealthy family and her American civil engineer lover. His mother's family, who had lost their wealth when the French left Vietnam, lived among neighbors who treated them as pariahs because of their colonialist background. Kien, a child of mixed race, was especially ostracized from the community.

He left Vietnam in 1985 through the United Nations "Orderly Departure Program." After spending time at a refugee camp in the Philippines, he arrived in the United States and became a dentist. He lives in New York City. ...more

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	The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood 4.31 avg rating — 2,631 ratings — published 2002 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tapestries 3.79 avg rating — 806 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Colonial 3.30 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mobile Networks and Management: 10th EAI International Conference, MONAMI 2020, Chiba, Japan, November 10–12, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute ... Telecommunications Engineering Book 338) by Seng W. Loke (editor), Zhi Liu (editor), Kien Nguyen (editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiếng Thì Thầm của Những Vết Thương: Whisper of the Wound 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood) [By: Nguyen, Kien] [Jul, 2002] by Kien Nguyen, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tapestries [First Edition] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Mobile Networks and Management: 10th EAI International Conference, MONAMI 2020, Chiba, Japan, November 10–12, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the ... and Telecommunications Engineering) by Seng W Loke (Editor), Zhi Liu (Editor), Kien Nguyen (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwanted [First Edition] by Kien Nguyne, Kien Nguyen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Don't let this anger ruin your life any more than it already has. If you want to every achieve happiness, don't dwell on the past. Instead, start living. What is the point of obsessing that has already happened, and that you cannot change? Live! And be merry.”
― Kien Nguyen, The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

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“A full moon hung across the heavens like a pregnant belly.”
― Kien Nguyen, The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

tags: analogy, full-moon, moonlight

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“But as much as I tried, I couldn't forget my past. The events that had shaped me continued to weigh on my soul.”
― Kien Nguyen, The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

tags: life-events, memories, who-we-are

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