The Mountains Sing

The Mountains Sing

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The multigenerational tale of the Trà̂n family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trà̂n Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart.

Publication Date

3-7-2020

Publisher

Algonuin Books

City

Chapel Hill

State

NC

Award

2021 Fiction Runner-Up

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction

The Mountains Sing

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