Strangers On The Water: One Family's Incredible Journey To America

by Steven Justice, John Doan

The arranged marriage of Dinh and Dung Doan couldn't have come at a worse time. Ho Chi Minh was taking over Northern Vietnam and threatening their Catholic way of life. The newlyweds gambled their lives on a dangerous escape to the south. Decades later, as communism conquered all of Vietnam, the Doans and their children found themselves threatened again. They knew they had to make a desperate escape. But where, and how, would they go?
Strangers On The Water chronicles two generations of the Doan family's struggle to live free. Readers will be taken on a thrilling adventure as the family contends with one catastrophe after another in their search to find a life worth living.

297 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2021

Reviews

[Donald A. Gutknecht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing true story about two generations of a Vietnamese Family's escape from North Vietnam during the early years of Ho Chi Minh's reign through their struggles to adapt to life in the South, surviving the fall of South Vietnam and their ultimate escape to the United States.
Additionally, the book provides an outstanding narrative of Vietnam's history through the 20th century from the perspective of this Vietnamese family. The story is told in a very compelling narrative that makes it impossible to put the book down. This is a must read that reads more like an adventure novel than a historical biography.

[Christopher Leven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting!

Well written piece of history fiction. The history of Vietnam is fascinating! And the book is also an immigration success story.