In the midst of war\, an ordinary miracle: an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis\, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby \;em \;Hong\, \;em \;meaning "little sister\," or "beloved." Even though her cradle is nothing more than a card board box\, \;em \;Hong's life holds every possibility. Through th e linked destinies of a family of characters\, the novel takes its inspira tion from historical events\, including Operation Babylift\, which evacuat ed thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975\, and the remar kable growth of the nail salon industry\, dominated by Vietnamese expatria tes all over the world. From the rubber plantations of Indochina to the ma ssacre at My Lai\, \;Kim \;Thâ\;uy sifts through the layers o f pain and trauma in stories we thought we knew\, revealing transcendent m oments of grace\, and the invincibility of the human spirit.
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