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SUMMARY:Eric Nguyen on Things We Lost to the Water
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DESCRIPTION:Join Eric Nguyen for a reading and discussion on his debut nov
 el ‘Things We Lost to the Water.’ An Atlanta Journal-Constitu
 tion\, The Millions\, We Are Bookish\, and Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Boo
 k of the Year..\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/5050197
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 lipboard-write\; encrypted-media\; gyroscope\; picture-in-picture" allowfu
 llscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>\n<p>About &lsquo\;Things We Lost 
 to the Water&rsquo\;</p>\n<p>A stunning debut novel about an immigrant Vie
 tnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connecte
 d to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped.</p>\n<p>When Hu
 ong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons\, she is jobless\, home
 less\, and worried about her husband\, Cong\, who remains in Vietnam. As s
 he and her boys begin to settle in to life in America\, she continues to s
 end letters and tapes back to Cong\, hopeful that they will be reunited an
 d her children will grow up with a father.</p>\n<p>But with time\, Huong r
 ealizes she will never see her husband again. While she attempts to come t
 o terms with this loss\, her sons\, Tuan and Binh\, grow up in their absen
 t father&rsquo\;s shadow\, haunted by a man and a country trapped in their
  memories and imaginations. As they push forward\, the three adapt to life
  in America in different ways: Huong gets involved with a Vietnamese car s
 alesman who is also new in town\; Tuan tries to connect with his heritage 
 by joining a local Vietnamese gang\; and Binh\, now going by Ben\, embrace
 s his adopted homeland and his burgeoning sexuality. Their search for iden
 tity&ndash\;as individuals and as a family&ndash\;threatens to tear them a
 part\, un&shy\;til disaster strikes the city they now call home and they a
 re suddenly forced to find a new way to come together and honor the ties t
 hat bind them.</p>\n<p>About Eric Nguyen</p>\n<p>Eric Nguyen earned an MFA
  in Creative Writing from McNeese State University in Louisiana. He has be
 en awarded fellowships from Lambda Literary\, Voices of Our Nation Arts (V
 ONA)\, and the Tin House Writers Workshop. He is the editor in chief of di
 aCRITICS.org. He lives in Washington\, DC. Things We Lost to the Water is 
 his first novel.</p>\n<p>Borrow the book from PGCMLS at <a href="http://ww
 w.pgcmls.info">www.pgcmls.info</a>. Purchase a copy from Loyalty Bookstore
 s at (<a href="v">tinyurl.com/PGCMLSLoyalty</a>).</p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libn
 et.info/event/5050197
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