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Boat people : personal stories from the Vietnamese exodus 1975-1996 / edited by Carina Hoang
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305.89592094 BOA
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Cloverdale, W. A.: Carina Hoang
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2010
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238, [14] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 21 x 30 cm.
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9780646542911
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Book
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Vietnamese migrants from around Australia share, in their own words, stories, photos, letters and ephemera. Includes interviews and photos by the journalists and photo journalists who covered the mass migration of Vietnamese from their country in the
years after the Vietnam War.
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Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Live to tell our tale -- I named my child Lyma -- Compassion fatigue -- The girls, hide the girls -- Reminiscences -- To see my mother again -- Young and happy -- Our next meal -- My mother -- Puerto Princesca O -- Boat HG
3438 -- I was 16 and I was lost -- Vietnamese artist -- Goodbye An Minh -- S.O.S. You and God save us -- Letting them go -- The floating prison -- Fire -- All you need is air -- Exodus to freedom -- Fly Island -- Saving my family heirloom -- Leaving Vietnam -- Ong Ngoi got burnt -- Good bye grandma -- Which path should I choose -- Two peas in a pod -- His spirit was gone -- On assignment -- Cap Anamuz -- The screening process -- To keep my grandson alive -- Unforgettable face -- It is only your family that matter -- My father did not come back -- Life is beautiful -- At heart, I was a refugee -- In memory of Mong Ha -- Honouring a legacy -- On a lighter note -- Statistics and map -- Chronology -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements.
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