Literary Fiction by People of Color discussion

The winner of this year's Canada Reads competition is Ru by Kim Thúy. The novel traces a young woman's journey from to her home in Saigon during the Vietnam War, to a crowded Malaysian refugee camp and then to Quebec, where she struggles to fit in. The author immigrated to Montreal from Vietnam as a child. The book was originally written in French, but it has been translated.

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Wilhelmina wrote: "The winner of this year's Canada Reads competition is Ru by Kim Thúy. The novel traces a young woman's journey from to her home in Saigon during the Vietnam War, to..."

Thanks for sharing.
I have added this book to my tbr list.

I recently read The Lotus and the Storm by Lan Cao which takes place before, during and after the Vietnam War - taking place in Vietnam and in the Vietnamese community in Northern Virginia.

Also recently received from my library She Weeps Each Time You're Born: A Novel by Quan Barry.