Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Aimee Phan returns to Annie Bloom's to read from her debut novel, The Reeducation of Cherry Truong.
Cherry Truong’s parents have exiled her wayward older brother from
their Southern California home, sending him to Vietnam to live with
distant relatives. Determined to bring him back, twenty-one-year-old
Cherry travels to their homeland and finds herself on a journey to
uncover her family’s decades-old secrets—hidden loves, desperate
choices, and lives ripped apart by the march of war and currents of
history.
The Reeducation of Cherry Truong tells the
story of two fierce and unforgettable families, the Truongs and the
Vos: their harrowing escape from Vietnam after the war, the betrayal
that divided them, and the stubborn memories that continue to bind them
years later, even as they come to terms with their hidden sacrifices and
bitter mistakes.
Set in Vietnam, France, and the United States, Aimee Phan’s sweeping
debut novel reveals a family still yearning for reconciliation,
redemption, and a place to call home.
