Saturday, February 21, 2009

FCLA presents Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer - Monday, February 23 at 8 p.m.‏

Kao Kalia Yang,
author of
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Monday, February 23, 8 p.m.
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables
Free and open to the public

Kao Kalia Yang’s memoir, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, begins in the 1970s, as the Hmong people were being massacred for their collaboration with the United States during the Vietnam War. Yang recalls the harrowing story of her family’s captivity in Laos, the daring rescue by her father and uncles, and eventual resettlement to the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, where she was born. Her story continues in America, where she captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and language even as she recalls the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down by her beloved grandmother, whose spirit held the family together through all its travails.

Presented in collaboration with the Florida Literary Arts Coalition

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