{"product_id":"the-migrant-rain-falls-in-vinh-nguyen-9781640096738","title":"The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unconventional memoir of sifting through the memories of a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family's journey through world history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later, Nguyen goes looking for the story of his lost father. What he discovers is a sea of questions drifting above a bed of buried truths. To come to terms with the past, Nguyen must piece together the debris of history with family stories that have been scattered across generations and continents, kept for decades in broken hearts and guarded silences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps, abandoned family homes, and the lives that could have been. As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, this powerful memoir is timelier and more important than ever, illuminating the stories, real and imagined, that become buried in the rubble of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vinh Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640096736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640096738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Vinh Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46217269674239,"sku":"9781640096738","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d31b1777-52db-4b8f-b828-1c10426d906c.jpg?v=1728514758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-migrant-rain-falls-in-vinh-nguyen-9781640096738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}