Dear My Diary: The Courtship of Kimmie Coconut Tree

by Thomas Stimson

Kimmie Pham is meeting her American penpal boyfriend for the first time. She has kept a secret from him during their correspondence and he is about to see for the first time what sets her apart from her Vietnamese family and neighbors. Will he accept her and ask for her hand in marriage or will he reject her? A story of acceptance, sisterhood, brotherly rivalry and making one's way in a new culture.

590 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2018

About the author

Thomas Stimson is a native of Washington State who has found his writing voice with ‘fish out of water stories’ where the primary character(s) make their way through unfamiliar, and sometimes dangerous, situations in a humorous fashion.

Under the pen-name Charles Thomas, he has also published the SweetSips series of liqueur-making recipe books which can be found on Amazon along with his novels.