War Trauma

Emma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. Em is not a romance in any usual sense of the word, but it is a word whose homonym—aimer, to love—resonates in every minute, a book powered by love in the larger sense. A portrait of Vietnamese identity emerges that is wholly remarkable, honed in wartime violence that borders on genocide, and then by the ingenuity, sheer grit, and intelligence of Vietnamese people.

Zwei glutheiße Sommer in der Lombardei: Leo verbringt die Tage damit, im etwas in die Jahre gekommenen Hotel ihrer Nonna auszuhelfen und die kuriosen Hinterlassenschaften der Gäste einzusammeln – einen Perlenohrring, eine Haarlocke. Als ein Unfall geschieht, für den Leo sich verantwortlich fühlt, ist ihre Kindheit schlagartig vorbei. Jahre später ist Leo wieder in Italien, doch nichts ist mehr, wie es war. Als eines Tages Dolores, eine junge amerikanische Geigenbauerin, in der Tür steht, verliebt sich Leo stürmisch in sie.

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