Goodbye, Saigon

De: Nina Vida

Narrado por: Lauren Tom

Thelma and Louise meet the Joy Luck Club in this moving and funny tale of two women whose money-making scheme puts them in danger.

Little Saigon, Westminster, California: Anh, a diminutive, self-promoting, brash, Vietnamese beauty, supports her family on tips from a gambling lawyer. Upon his disappearance, Anh turns to the lawyer's secretary Jana, a tough, self-sufficient woman in need of money as desperately as Anh. Together they set up a bogus law practice in Little Saigon in which Anh supplies the clients while Jana plays lawyer.

Business thrives until a vicious gang decides it wants a piece of their action. When Anh receives an offer for a new life, she must first enlist Jana's aid in paying a blood debt.

Never has the experience of recent immigrants been portrayed with such love, such authenticity, and such a tragicomic understanding of individuals forced to build a future in the country that has obliterated their past.

©1994 Nina Vida (P)1994 Phoenix Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Gracefully depicting two people from different backgrounds working together with loyalty and some, if not complete, understanding in the context of a racist society, Vida demonstrates the survival of the human spirit under the most challenging and tragic circumstances. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)

"Powerhouse fiction, fueled by an obnoxious yet sympathetic protagonist whose grittiness and determination hold together the frenetic plot." (Kirkus Reviews)