Dust Child : The International Bestseller

Author: Que Mai, Nguyen Phan

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Published on 1 February 2024 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 352 pages
197 x 128 x 25 | 308g

'Dazzling. Sharply drawn and hauntingly beautiful.' Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing TreesFour lives, entwined forever by decisions made in a time of conflict. But what happens decades later when they unexpectedly converge once more?'Dust Childis satisfying, lyrical, and deeply empathetic.Nguyn Phan Qu Maiis a born storyteller.' Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowTrang and Quynh:sisters wholeave their rural village for the bustling city of Saigon, desperate to find work to help their impoverished parents.When they take jobs as bar girls, paid to flirt with American GIs, they must decide whether they are willing to turn their backs on the people they used to be. Phong: one of the thousands of mixed-race children abandoned by their American fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Phong grows up surrounded by rejection, insulted as a Black American imperialist, and a child of the enemy. But he never gives up hope of finding his parents and proving he is more than a bui doi: more than the dust of life.Dan: A former American helicopter pilot still plagued by regrets about his actions during theVit Namwar. Now he has returned in the hope of confronting the demons that refuse to fall silent.Set between theVit Namwar and the present day,Dust Childis a sweeping epic of family secrets and hidden heartache, from an internationally celebrated author.'Nguyn Phan Qu Mai is one of the most unique storytellers of our time.' Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling-author of The Jane Austen SocietyA Best Book of the Year according toBook Riot, theBuzzMagazines,CosmopolitanandReader's DigestA Most Anticipated Title according toSydney Morning Herald,Salon,NB MagazineandSheReads