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Tilting the continent : Southeast Asian American writing / by Chua, Cheng Lok.(CARDINAL)433095; Lim, Shirley.(CARDINAL)524450;
Includes bibliographical references (page xx).
Subjects: American literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Children of the river / by Crew, Linda.(CARDINAL)770678;
Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Asian Americans; Khmer (Southeast Asian people);
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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Children of the river / by Crew, Linda.(CARDINAL)770678;
Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.700LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Asian Americans; Khmer (Southeast Asian people);
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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The door is open : stories of celebration and community by 11 Desi voices / by Khan, Hena,editor,author.(CARDINAL)354717; Hiranandani, Veera,author.(CARDINAL)354031; Pancholy, Maulik,1974-author.(CARDINAL)788101; Saeed, Aisha,author.(CARDINAL)354374; Perkins, Mitali,author.(CARDINAL)343105; Faruqi, Reem,author.(CARDINAL)409549; Singh, Simran Jeet,author.(CARDINAL)823805; Kelkar, Supriya,1980-author.(CARDINAL)347180; LaRocca, Rajani,author.(CARDINAL)805331; Senzai, N. H.,author.(CARDINAL)350604; DasGupta, Sayantani,author.(CARDINAL)354978;
"A story of community, belonging, and friendship told by South Asian authors through an interconnected anthology, based in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, and centralized at the town community center."--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Short stories.; South Asian Americans; Communities; Southeast Asian Americans;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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To bear any burden : the Vietnam War and its aftermath in the words of Americans and Southeast Asians / by Santoli, Al,1949-(CARDINAL)157314;
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Southeast Asians.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Staring down the tiger : stories of Hmong American women / by Vang, Pa Der,1975-editor.(CARDINAL)865919;
Tsov tom, or tigerbite—an insult in Hmong culture—means you were stupid enough to approach a tiger and get bitten. In this remarkable new book, Hmong American women reclaim that phrase, showing in prose and poetry that they are strong enough and brave enough to stare down the tiger. Contributors celebrate the power of bonds between daughter and mother, sister and sister, and grandmother and granddaughter. Only after climbing a mountain in Nepal can Kia M. Lor finally understand her mother’s life. Pa Xiong provides a recipe for squirrel stew, remembering in telling detail the gender roles that mark each step—and how her mother broke those rules. Kao Kalia Yang sketches the extraordinary everyday achievements of a Hmong leader, her older sister, Dawb. Contributors to this volume bring life and character to the challenges of maintaining identity, navigating changes in gender roles, transitioning to American culture, and breaking through cultural barriers. These pieces were brought together through the work of Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together, an organization founded in St. Paul to be a catalyst for lasting cultural, institutional, and social change to improve the lives of Hmong women. Contributors: MayKao Y. Hang, Npaus Baim Her, Gaosong V. Heu, Linda Vang Kim, Dee Kong, BoNhia Lee, Duabhav BJ Lee, Tou SaiKo Lee, Kia M. Lor, Kia Moua, Mai Neng Moua, Mainhia Moua, Douachee Vang, Gao Vang, Maly Vang, Talee Vang, MaiThao Xiong, Pa Xiong, Renee Ya, Boonmee Yang, Kao Kalia Yang, Lyncy Yang, Nou Yang, Song Yang
Subjects: Biographies.; Asian American history and culture.; Immigrant experience.; Memoirs and biographies.; Asian American authors.; Asian Americans; Asian Americans; Asian Americans; American literature.; Autobiographies.; Biography.; Hmong (Asian people); Hmong Americans.; Hmong Americans; Refugees.; Hmong Americans; Southeast Asian literature.; Poetry; Immigrants; Poetry.; Short stories.; Essays.; Anthologies.; American literature; American literature; Hmong American women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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From Cambodia to Greensboro : tracing the journeys of new North Carolinians / by Lau, Barbara,(Barbara A.),author.(DLC)no2007019682; Tweed, Thomas A.,contributorauthor.(DLC)n 91041412; Peterson, Sally,(Sally Nina),contributorauthor.(DLC)no2007019691; Chatterley, Cedric N.,1956-author.(DLC)n 99022432; Greensboro Historical Museum.(DLC)n 83168011 ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 34).From Cambodia to Greensboro : tracing the journeys of new North Carolinians / Barbara Lau -- Kudzu and karma : an overview of Buddhism in the South / Thomas A. Tweed -- A legacy of history : Southeast Asians in North Carolina / Sally Peterson.
Subjects: Cambodian Americans; Cambodian Americans; Cambodian Americans; Southeast Asians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel / by See, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)433680;
In their remote Chinese mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations--until a stranger appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any of the villagers has ever seen. The stranger's arrival marks the entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early life. When she has a baby out of wedlock--conceived with a man her parents consider a bad match--she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a neighboring city. As Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins, and across the ocean, Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu-er, the tea that has shaped their family's destiny for centuries.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Adopted children; Chinese American teenagers; Identity (Psychology); Mothers and daughters; Akha (Southeast Asian people); Group identity;
Available copies: 77 / Total copies: 92
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane [large print] / by See, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)433680;
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate the first automobile any of them have seen and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change . Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Adopted children; Adoption; Akha (Southeast Asian people); Chinese American teenagers; Group identity; Identity (Psychology); Mothers and daughters; Tea trade;
Available copies: 36 / Total copies: 41
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel / by See, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)433680;
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate -- the first automobile any of them have seen -- and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life, while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley's happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Adopted children; Akha (Southeast Asian people); Chinese American teenagers; Family reunification; Group identity; Identity (Psychology); Intercountry adoption; Intercountry adoption; Mothers and daughters; Tea trade;
Available copies: 44 / Total copies: 48
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