'Dust Child' examines the complexities of family and the sorrows of war
Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai's novel "Dust Child" plays with themes of regret and trauma but retains a lightness and level of description that will likely make many a reader book a ticket to Ho Chi Minh City. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Oneworld Publications and Nguyen Phan Que Mai)
"There has been no novel written about Amerasians in Vietnam [that includes] the comprehensive experiences of their parents," says Vietnamese author Nguyen Phan Que Mai.
She has filled this literary gap, however, with her second novel, "Dust Child," which debuted in March.
