{"product_id":"the-saigon-sisters-patricia-d-norland-9781501749735","title":"The Saigon Sisters: Privileged Women in the Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Saigon Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e offers the narratives of a group of privileged women who were immersed in a French lyc馥 and later rebelled and fought for independence, starting with France's occupation of Vietnam and continuing through US involvement and life after war ends in 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the lives of nine women, \u003ci\u003eThe Saigon Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e reveals these women's stories as they forsook safety and comfort to struggle for independence, and describes how they adapted to life in the jungle, whether facing bombing raids, malaria, deadly snakes, or other trials. How did they juggle double lives working for the resistance in Saigon? How could they endure having to rely on family members to raise their own children? Why, after being sent to study abroad by anxious parents, did several women choose to return to serve their country? How could they bear open-ended separation from their husbands? How did they cope with sending their children to villages to escape the bombings of Hanoi? In spite of the maelstrom of war, how did they forge careers? And how, in spite of dislocation and distrust following the end of the war in 1975, did these women find each other and rekindle their friendships? Patricia D. Norland answers these questions and more in this powerful and personal approach to history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia D. Norland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501749730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501749735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021","brand":"Patricia D. Norland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046820409599,"sku":"9781501749735","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c498f87-53a7-47b7-b80c-62bd5e7fc686.jpg?v=1684986680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-saigon-sisters-patricia-d-norland-9781501749735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}