Rendezvous At The Altar
Author | : Thuan Le Elston |
Publisher | : Rand-Smith Books |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2021-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 195054429X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781950544295 |
Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Inspired by the tales of four grandmothers - Thuan Le Elston's and her husband's - Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia traces Anne's Southern upbringing to her Mad Men-like married life; Kim's family as they survive French colonialism and the Vietnam War; Mary's transformations through the Great Depression and two marriages; and Ty's migration from Hanoi businesswoman to Arizona matriarch. Through a mother's journal to her children and the four grandmothers' narrations that bridge punk band names to the Temple of Literature, Elston compares gender roles, parenting, aging, and dying in a multicultural family.