Where Rivers Part: A Story Of My Mother's Life
- Autor: Kao Kalia Yang
- Narrador: Kao Kalia Yang
- Editor: Simon & Schuster
- Duración: 12:02:32
Sinopsis
A mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety told from the perspective of the author’s incredible mother who survived, and helped her family escape, against all odds.
Born in 1961 in war-torn Laos, Tswb’s childhood was marked by the violence of America’s Secret War and the CIA recruitment of the Hmong and other ethnic minorities into the lost cause. By the time Tswb was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were labeled as traitors. Fearing for their lives, Tswb and her family left everything they knew behind and fled their village for the jungle.
Perpetually on the run and on the brink of starvation, Tswb eventually crossed paths with the man who would become her future husband. Leaving her own mother behind, she joined his family at a refugee camp, a choice that would haunt her for the rest of her life. Eventually becoming a mother herself, Tswb raised her daughters in a state of constant fear and hunger until they were able to emigrate to the US, where the determined couple enrolled in high school even though they were both nearly thirty, and worked grueling jobs to provide for their children.
Now, her daughter, Kao Kalia Yang, reveals her mother’s astonishing saga with tenderness and unvarnished clarity, giving voice to the countless resilient refugees who are often overlooked as one of the essential foundations of this country. Evocative, stirring, and unforgettable, Where Rivers Part is destined to become a classic.
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021 WhereRiversPart Ch15 DeathByASugarcaneGrove
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022 WhereRiversPart Ch16 TheGhost
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023 WhereRiversPart Ch17 RunningAway
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024 WhereRiversPart Part3 Ch18 MyNameIsTswbMuas
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025 WhereRiversPart Ch19 AttheGateBetweenLifeandDeath
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026 WhereRiversPart Ch20 TheHmongWordForLove
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027 WhereRiversPart Ch21 Inheritance
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028 WhereRiversPart Ch22 WhenMyMotherDies
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029 WhereRiversPart Ch23 TheLastGirl
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030 WhereRiversPart Ch24 TheGrandchildWithNoGrandparents
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031 WhereRiversPart Part4 Ch25 TheUnraveling
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032 WhereRiversPart Ch26 TheBlanketOverMyHeart
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033 WhereRiversPart Ch27 ACradleOfCreation
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034 WhereRiversPart Ch28 JourneyInTheMountains
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035 WhereRiversPart Ch29 Arrival
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036 WhereRiversPart Epilogue
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037 WhereRiversPart Dedication
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038 WhereRiversPart Close
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