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04028aam a22005298i 4500 001 8FB332A8BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 230623s2024 nyu 000 0beng 010 $a 2023026221 020 $a 1982185295 020 $a 9781982185299 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 959.704/33594092 082 00 $a B $2 23/eng/20230630 100 1 $a Yang, Kao Kalia, $d 1980- $e author. 245 10 $a Where rivers part : $b a story of my mother's life / $c Kao Kalia Yang. 250 $a First Atria Books hardcover edition. 263 $a 2403 264 1 $a New York ; $b Atria Books, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the heaviest bombardment by the United States against communist Pathet Lao, becoming the most heavily bombed country in history. Fearing vengeful soldiers looking to take their lives, Chue and her family quickly fled their village for the jungle, leaving all that they knew behind. Perpetually on the run, the family was often on the brink of starvation, and death loomed. Duringthis tumultuous period, Chue met her husband, Bee, and unwittingly left her mother behind forever when she escaped to a refugee camp with his family, a mistake she would regret for the rest of her life. There, Chue, Bee, and their daughters lived in a state of constant fear and hunger until they finally made it to America. The determined couple enrolled in high school classes despite being in their late twenties and worked grueling factory jobs to provide for their family, yet most who meet Chue know nothing of her extraordinary resilience and traumatic past. In Where Rivers Part, told from her mother's point of view, Kao Kalia Yang unveils her mother's epic struggle towards safety and the important undocumented history of a time and place most US readers know nothing about, offering insight into America's Secret War in Laos with tenderness and unvarnished clarity. In doing so, she excavates the plight of many refugees, who suffer silently and are often overlooked as one of the essential foundations of this country. For readers of The Wild Swans by Jung Chang, The Spirit Catches You When You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman, and those who flock to stories about survival during wartime, Where Rivers Part is not only a personal account of resilience and survivalbut also a powerful and transporting look into Laos's Secret War and the lived experiences of the Hmong people"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Yang, Kao Kalia, $d 1980- $x Family. 600 10 $a Yang, Chue. 600 10 $a Yang, Bee, $d 1958- 650 0 $a Hmong Americans $z Minnesota $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees $z Minnesota $v Biography. 650 0 $a Hmong (Asian people) $z Laos $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees $z Laos $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $z Minnesota. 650 0 $a Hmong (Asian people) $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Refugees. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Laos. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations, American. 941 $a 11 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011137.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240503010630.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240502011752.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20240502011606.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240417024021.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020916.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012538.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240402013258.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012852.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240402012119.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240402010948.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8FB332A8BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search