Boat People

“This book has unusual insight into the human heart. Every scene is wonderfully immediate, real. The reader is instantly drawn into this world, sensing a familiar territory where discoveries may yet be made.” —Josephine Humphreys This powerful narrative, winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel, focuses on Galveston, Texas, and a community of newly arrived Vietnamese. Struggling to maintain a balance between Vietnam and America, they live with one foot in each worl...