Books set in Laos (4)
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1.
The Bride Price : A Hmong Wedding Story by Mai Neng Moua EN
LaosDescription:
A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules.
2.
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
When an elderly doctor takes over as state coroner of newly formed Communist Laos in the late 1970s, he unexpectedly stirs the bureaucratic pot and unravels three complicated and intertwined murder plots his superiors want to sweep under the carpet.
3.
The Latehomecomer : A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang EN
Description:
One Hmong family's harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.
4.
Where Rivers Part : A Story of My Mother's Life by Kao Kalia Yang EN
ThailandDescription:
"In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the heaviest bombardment by the United States against communist Pathet Lao, becoming the most heavily bombed country in history. Fearing vengeful soldiers looking to take their lives, Chue and her family quickly fl... continue