Emmigration, Immigration & Migration
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From ![]() NEW! The GulagFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Đề Lô |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Land of Mimosas |
The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Land of the West |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Net of Fate |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She muses on memories of her mother. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Oil Lamp |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Olive FarmFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. | Hassan Al Kontar | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Reckoning, Part IFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. | Marsha Faubert | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Reckoning, Part IIFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … | Marsha Faubert | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() The Rice Chest |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She recalls going back to her childhood home with her daughters. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Rooster |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She speaks about her mother and their relationship. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Tears of Heaven |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She learns of her father and sibling’s death and receives a letter from her father, which arrived months after their deaths. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Tiger |
The ghost of the author’s father shares memories and wisdom. He recounts the family’s move to Quảng Đức and the aftermath, including his experiences in prison and release. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Wild PlaceFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Winds of ChangeFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
![]() Three Funerals for my FatherLove, Loss and Escape from Vietnam |
What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 232 | 2021 | View |






