Where the wind leads : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption / Vinh Chung with Tim Downs.
A family's journey from pre-war Vietnam, through pirate attacks in the open sea, to a new home in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where poverty and discrimination could not prevent the author from graduating from Harvard Medical School.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780849947568
- ISBN: 0849947561
- Physical Description: xiii, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1 -- 1 Story Begins 3 -- 2 A World on the Edge 5 -- 3 A Handful of Rice 13 -- 4 Building an Empire 19 -- 5 Prince of Bac Lieu 27 -- 6 Assisted Marriage 33 -- 7 Dragon Lady 43 -- 8 Deception 53 -- 9 A Nation Falls 63 -- 10 Farm 73 -- 11 Gathering Storm 83 -- 12 Why Me? 91 -- 13 No Turning Back 99 -- Part 2 -- 14 First Days at Sea 109 -- 15 Pirates 117 -- 16 One Man's Burden 125 -- 17 Land at Last 133 -- 18 Blood on the Sand 141 -- 19 Sheltering Angels 149 -- 20 Beach 155 -- 21 Betrayed 161 -- 22 Seasweep Sets Sail 169 -- 23 Endless Sea 175 -- 24 Prayer 183 -- 25 Rescue 191 -- 26 Singapore Bound 201 -- 27 25 Hawkins Road 207 -- 28 Across the Pacific 215 -- Part 3 -- 29 Waking Up in America 225 -- 30 Allied Gardens 231 -- 31 Starting School 237 -- 32 Grand Avenue 243 -- 33 Factory 249 -- 34 American Dream 255 -- 35 Peer Pressures 261 -- 36 Restaurant 269 -- 37 Ghosts of the Past 277 -- 38 Flying Blind 283 -- 39 Aiming for the Stars 291 -- 40 Boy Meets Girl 299 -- 41 Special Good Friend 307 -- 42 Harvard 317 -- 43 Love Story 325 -- 44 Cap and Gown 333 -- 45 Giving Back 339. |
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| Subject: | Chung, Vinh, 1975- > Family. Chung family. Chinese > United States. Chinese Americans. Chinese > Vietnam. |
Available copies
- 4 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | 920.009295 CHU (Text) | 33114017457284 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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