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Author:

Hamilton, Lisa M., author.

Title:

The hungry season : a journey of war, love, and survival / Lisa M. Hamilton.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

vii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Moua, Ia.
Hmong American women--United States--Biography.
Women refugees--United States--Biography.
Women immigrants--United States--Biography.
Farm life--Fresno--Fresno--Biography.
Immigrants--Laos--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355).

Contents:

Daughter -- Mother -- Sister -- Wife.

Summary:

This unforgettable portrait of resistance, from Laos to California, follows one woman, with wounds inflicted by war and family alike, as she builds a new existence for her and her children by growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories.

ISBN:

0316415898
9780316415897

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1398233915

LCCN:

bl2023111835

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SVPC124 -- Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)