Name: Dust Child
ISBN: 9781643752754

Que Mai Phan Nguyen

Dust Child

Minh Ngo

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher of Workman Publishing, and the author Nguyen Phan Que Mai. While it is exciting to read from a local Vietnamese author, I don't exactly like the author's politics. I simply don't agree with the stance of being anti-war. Is this applied to other wars such as the WW's, the civil war, or the Haitian revolution? What does advocating for peace mean while imperialism/colonialism and the everyday violence of those systems exist? I also could have done without the subplot of the American soldier. I was excited to learn more about Amerasians as I was hoping the novel would reveal an insight into their lives, but I was disappointed to find it lacking. I'm beyond disappointed and I wish I could write more, but I'm tired.

Dust Child

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