Join us as we discuss Banyan Moon by Thao Thai in honor of Asian American\, Native Hawaiian &\; Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Banyan Moon is a stunning debut novel by Thao Thai that al ternates the stories of 3 generations of Vietnamese American women. Minh t he matriarch of the family flees Vietnam with her two children during the height of the Vietnam War as a refugee. Husbandless and trying to make end s meet\, her two children Huang and Phuoc grow up as latchkey children try ing with varying degrees of success to assimilate into American culture.&n bsp\; Ann\, Huang's only daughter is able to capture her grandmother's aff ection in a way that Huang was never able to thus fracturing their relatio nship. \; Minh has died and left her sprawling mansion The Banyan Hous e to Huang and Ann who now need to decide how they will move forward witho ut Minh. \; Banyan Moon is an excellent book about the complicated rel ationships that families have and how we can hurt the people we love most. \; Our histories can shape us in ways that we never expected and thos e that we have raised up on a pedestal may not be able to remain so elevat ed once we realize that they are human\, too. \; Which secrets do we k eep because their knowledge may widen the chasm and which ones do we revea l to heal the rifts between the ones we love? \; A 5 star read and per haps best book I have read this year. \; --Marta Wiggins\, La Crescent a Community Library Manager. \; I hope you will join us as we discuss Banyan Moon on Tuesday\, May 28\, 2024 in the Meeting Room at La Crescenta Library. \; Ask for your copy of Banyan Moon at the Customer Service desk. \; \;
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