The latehomecomer book summary
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The Latehomecomer
A memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
January 1, 2017 • 6 x 9 • 312 pages • 978-1-56689-478-4
One Hmong family’s harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.
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Yang’s award-winning memoir of her family’s harrowing escape from war in Laos is a love letter to her grandmother, a troubling portrait of the consequences of us intervention in Southeast Asia, and a glimpse into the little-seen exodus of the Hmong people, first to refugee camps in Thailand and then, for many, to new homes in Minnesota.
About the Author
Kao Kalia Yang is a teacher, public speaker, and writer. Yang is the author of the award-winning book The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Coffee House Press, 2008) and the book The Song Poet (Metropolitan Books, 2016). She is a graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Yang lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her family.
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The Latehomecomer
57 pages • 1 hour read
Kao Kalia Yang
Kao Kalia Yang
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008
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Overview
The Latehomecomer, a memoir by Kao Kalia Yang, was published in 2008. It won the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award for Nonfiction. Yang was born in Thailand’s Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in 1980 and immigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota when she was six years old. She is a graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University and co-founder of Words Wanted, an organization committed to helping immigrants with writing, translating, and business services. Yang's other well-known works include The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father (2016) and Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir (2020).
In The Latehomecomer (2008), Yang explores what it means to be Hmong woman living in America through remembering her time in Ban Vinai
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The Latehomecomer
57 pages • 1 hour read
Kao Kalia Yang
Kao Kalia Yang
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Essay | Matured | Obtainable in 2008
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Prologue Summary: “Seeking Refuge”
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