Lillian Faderman is author of three critically acclaimed books and has edited two influential texts in multiethnic studies. Two of her books have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year, and she has won American Library Association Awards and Lambda Literary Awards. She lives and teaches in Fresno, California.
Faderman has collected oral histories from individuals ranging from
adults who escaped through the jungles of Laos, to the
American-born teenagers anxious to negotiate a balance between the
American life they see on television and the scars of their
familial and ethnic history. --Hanya Yanagihara, A Magazine
"Faderman supplies invaluable historical context, told succinctly
and well, for the narratives. She also weaves brief personal
anecdotes throughout the book and draws parallels between the
Hmongs' experiences and those of her own life as a first-generation
American and of her mother's, a Jewish immigrant."--Jeanne F.
Brooks, The San Diego Union-Tribune
"That these immigrants have endured so much and lived to tell the
tale is almost more than the average reader can comprehend. I Begin
My Life All Over belongs on everyone's reading list; this is truly
a book to be grateful for."--Gish Jen, author of Typical American
and Mona in the Promised Land
"The root of the book is Hmong individuals' personal, true-life
stories, and they make for powerful reading."--Jaime Meyer,
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Faderman's inclusion of the Hmong's history in Laos and China . .
. deepens our awareness of the obstacles they've overcome in
adjusting to their new country. This enriching book fulfills the
author's aim 'to capture [the Hmongs'] living voices, and to make
those voices resound in the reader's ears.'"
-Publishers Weekly
"Lillian Faderman and Ghia Xiong have compiled this collection of
oral histories with care and sensitivity. Readers who share their
communities with Hmong refugees could learn much about their
neighbors--and perhaps about themselves as well--from the varied
and compelling viewpoints it presents."--Anne Fadiman, author of
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Faderman has collected oral histories from individuals ranging from
adults who escaped through the jungles of Laos, to the
American-born teenagers anxious to negotiate a balance between the
American life they see on television and the scars of their
familial and ethnic history. --Hanya Yanagihara, A
Magazine
"Faderman supplies invaluable historical context, told succinctly
and well, for the narratives. She also weaves brief personal
anecdotes throughout the book and draws parallels between the
Hmongs' experiences and those of her own life as a first-generation
American and of her mother's, a Jewish immigrant."--Jeanne F.
Brooks, The San Diego Union-Tribune
"That these immigrants have endured so much and lived to tell the
tale is almost more than the average reader can comprehend. I
Begin My Life All Over belongs on everyone's reading list; this
is truly a book to be grateful for."--Gish Jen, author of
Typical American and Mona in the Promised Land
"The root of the book is Hmong individuals' personal, true-life
stories, and they make for powerful reading."--Jaime Meyer,
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Faderman's inclusion of the Hmong's history in Laos and China . .
. deepens our awareness of the obstacles they've overcome in
adjusting to their new country. This enriching book fulfills the
author's aim 'to capture [the Hmongs'] living voices, and to make
those voices resound in the reader's ears.'"
-Publishers Weekly
"Lillian Faderman and Ghia Xiong have compiled this collection of
oral histories with care and sensitivity. Readers who share their
communities with Hmong refugees could learn much about their
neighbors--and perhaps about themselves as well--from the varied
and compelling viewpoints it presents."--Anne Fadiman, author of
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
