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Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunil's attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of America - and of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.
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Vine of desire
- By Mz Shantay on 03-27-21
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The Emissary
- By: Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani - translator
- Narrated by: Julian Cihi
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient - frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism.
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Tedious. Waste of time.
- By Kenneth McGovern on 02-17-19
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The Other Side of Paradise
- A Memoir
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Stacyann Chin has appeared on television and radio, including The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, and PBS, discussing issues of race and sexuality. But it is her extraordinary voice that launched her career as a performer, poet, and activist. Here, she shares her unforgettable story of triumph against all odds in this brave and fiercely candid memoir.
No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Jamaica, on Christmas Day.
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Incredible life, incredible performer
- By RyRy on 10-21-19
By: Staceyann Chin
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First They Killed My Father
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One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
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Brutal, Heartbreaking
- By Gillian on 01-27-15
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India, 1870s. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood - shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance - Biren devotes his life to effecting change.
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Riveting Love Story
- By Granny on 01-15-20
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Sold
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Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family.
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Perfectly Haunting....
- By Theodore on 01-13-13
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The Orphan Keeper
- By: Camron Wright
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Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life - and his destiny - is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America.
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5 Star Worthy
- By Kari on 10-26-16
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The Song Poet
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Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night until one day a song was born. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. But the songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a Minneapolis housing project and on the factory floor until, with the death of Bee's mother, the songs leave him for good.
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Beautiful, full of sadness, power, and heart.
- By Melissa L. Magana on 04-27-17
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The Kite Runner
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Why we think it’s a great listen: Never before has an author’s narration of his fiction been so important to fully grasping the book’s impact and global implications. Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them.
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A Worhty Read
- By P. C..S. on 08-17-03
By: Khaled Hosseini
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- Mikki Van Buren
- 12-04-22
Good story
It was a good story. I was expecting more out of it and it just ended suddenly. It stinks that it doesn’t let you know that it is one of many to finish the story.
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- Alexa K
- 11-24-23
War from a child's poetic perspective
The narration was very soothing to listen and I really enjoyed the story and it's more poetic than prose style of convening a child's perspective of war, loss and determination.
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All Readers Listen!
What a great reality-based story. This is such a great knowledgeable book for young readers to be exposed to. Excellent storytelling by Thanhha Lai, and excellent narration of little Ha by Doan Ly.
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- Nat McCormick
- 07-20-17
very real
The story is important. We as Americans do not know these intimate details of immigrants from war torn countries. It makes you more aware, wish you could do something.
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- TC Benn
- 01-05-18
This book was added to my 8th grade curriculum.
Great listen. Good for me because I'll annotate while reading instead of just listening first.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-14-23
A Beautiful Memoir about Immigration
Beautifully composed and thoughtfully narrated, a powerful memoir about a family immigrating from Vietnam to America during the war.
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- Kindle CustomerRosemary
- 09-04-23
Wars and Life Changes
Vietnam had an impact throughout the world and life as we knew it will never be the same. Our story concerns one family who left their motherland to plant new roots in America.
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- SunshineAndRain
- 07-24-12
The experience of a refugee in America
What made the experience of listening to Inside Out and Back Again the most enjoyable?
Many students in the United States know the pain and loneliness of being the “new kid” at a school. But most Americans move from one city to another, or one state to another—not one country to another, and one culture to another. But reading allows children to learn about experience they’ve never had. And really good books allow children to feel the feelings described. Inside Out And Back Again is one of those tales. One can’t read it without changing as a person because the reader truly feels the feelings of Ha, the main character.
The story begins in Saigon, Viet Nam just before the city falls in the early 1970’s. Ha, her mother and brothers flee the country and are sponsored by an American family in Alabama. The first half of the story takes place in Viet Nam and the second half takes place in the US.
What did you like best about this story?
Ha goes through are real human emotions as she navigates the types of things all kids must endure when they are thrust into a new situation, only Ha experiences them a much greater extreme.
This is a wonderful story, well written, emotionally tight. Fifth through seventh graders will enjoy it.
Who was the most memorable character of Inside Out and Back Again and why?
Ha suffers the prejudice and crulty of the children at her school. She suffers the confusion of not knowing the language. And she muddles through the difficulties of having to eat unfamiliar foods and missing the treats she enjoyed in her native land. She also experiences the kindness of neighbors and learns the wonder of building new friendships.
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- Marc
- 06-07-17
perfect
This audio book is phenomenal. As a monolingual English speaker, I struggle with pronouncing the Vietnamese words, so I truly appreciated this book. I used this novel as a read aloud with my 5th graders, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed this precious, funny, heartbreaking, relatable tale. Well done!
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- Brad
- 03-25-18
inside out and Back Again
I think this book was a really good book because it gives people of perspective of what it was like for the people who lived in Vietnam When The War started. and what it was like for most of the Southern Vietnam to move away from their home and learn a different language and go to a different school and learn a different language . Caitlin age 6 and Sarah age 8 .
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