Lilly’s Reviews > A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial > Status Update

the book has really good quotes and moments but a lot of the writing just feels really preachy. the subject matter is good but the writing falls flat

“Vietnamese people, how do you separate what is unique to you and your own personal trauma from war?…from being the child of refugees, soldiers, witnesses, survivors? from being Vietnamese?”

crying…

“your few hundred words of vietnamese are not enough for you to attempt to understand ba má”