The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

Duong Van Mai Elliotts The Sacred Willow, an extraordinary narrative woven from the lives of four generations of her family, illuminates fascinating--and until now unexplored--strands of Vietnamese history. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural poverty to become an influential mandarin, and continuing to the present, Mai Elliott traces her familys journey through an era of tumultuous change. She tells us of childhood hours in her grandmothers silk shop--and of hiding whi...