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SUMMARY:Zoom: Author Eric Ngyuen
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DESCRIPTION:Author Eric Ngyuen will be presenting his acclaimed debut nove
 l\, "Things We Lost to the Water" via Zoom\, May 11\, at 10:00a.m. .\nhttp
 s://calcasieulibrary.libnet.info/event/5044496
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Eric has an MFA in Creative Writing from M
 cNeese State University and currently resides in Washington\, D.C. Joining
  Eric in conversation will be his former professor at McNeese\, Christophe
 r Lowe. There will be a Q &amp\; A following the presentation.</p>\n<p><st
 rong>A stunning debut novel\, &ldquo\;Things We Lost to the Water\,&rdquo\
 ; is about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and s
 truggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricabl
 y reshaped.</strong></p>\n<p>When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her tw
 o young sons\, she is jobless\, homeless\, and worried about her husband\,
  Cong\, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle in to 
 life in America\, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong\, h
 opeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a fat
 her.</p>\n<p>But with time\, Huong realizes she will never see her husband
  again. While she copes with this loss\, her sons\, Tuan and Binh grow up 
 in their absent father's shadow\, haunted by a man and a country trapped i
 n their memory and imagination. As they push forward\, the three adapt to 
 life in America in different ways: Huong takes up with a Vietnamese car sa
 lesman who is also new in town\; Tuan tries to connect with his heritage b
 y joining a local Vietnamese gang\; and Binh\, now going by Ben\, embraces
  his adopted homeland and his burgeoning sexuality. Their search for ident
 ity--as individuals and as a family--threatens to tear them apart. But the
 n disaster strikes the city they now call home\, and they must find a new 
 way to come together and honor the ties that bind them.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><st
 rong></strong></p>\n<p><img src="https://calcasieulibrary.libnet.info/imag
 es/events/calcasieulibrary/eric_ngyuen_small.jpg" width="476" height="406"
  alt="" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" 
 /><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Social:&nbsp\;</strong>https://twitter
 .com/ericnguyenisok\; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericnguyenisok/">
 https://www.instagram.com/ericnguyeniso</a><a href="https://www.instagram.
 com/ericnguyenisok/">k/</a></p>\n<p>Zoom Tutorial: https://my.nicheacademy
 .com/cppl/course/21817</p>\nhttps://calcasieulibrary.libnet.info/event/504
 4496
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