Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Written on March 20, 2008
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora Winner of the 2006 PEN/Beyond Margins Award
A Book Sense Notable Book December 2005
Customer Review: Andrew is a gifted writer and a gate keeper / historian for Vietnamese Americans
Perfume Dreams is a must read book for all Vietnamese Americans. Andrew is a gifted writer, a gate keeper / history teller for Vietnamese American who are living in America. He has never lost his touch with his root.
The Perfum Dreams touches all sides of experiences the Vietnamese refugees and immigrants. The “haves and not haves, the fortunate and unfortunate” lives of Vietnamese-Americans.
I am looking forward for more of his future books. We should all feel proud to have someone like Andrew to keep us in touch with ourselves and remind us of the challenges in living in America.
Customer Review: Important, poignant essays
Andrew Lam has been writing about the Vietnamese diaspora longer than anyone I know. Since the early 1990s his works have appeared in national publications. “Perfume Dreams” is the amalgamation of his perspectives, ones that many of us former refugees can relate in our own lives. I had the pleasure of taking part in book events in NYC and LA with Andrew. In a way we’ve come full circle since our last elementary school day in Saigon when a defecting South Vietnamese jet bombed the Presidential Palace a few hundred meters across the street. Pick up this must-have book to better understand the Vietnamese identity in America.
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