The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

The book’s name is “ The Unwanted”-A memoir of childhood and was written by Kien Nguyen who also is the man character in the in the book.

The book is about Kien Nguyen is a boy who was borned in a wealthy family, the oldest brother of two kids- Jimmy and Be Ti, and son of a powerful woman in town- Ms.Khuong. But one day, Saigon felt and his family lost almost everything and after that, they had to been through a lot of difficult things to find freedom. And Kien is the unwanted person because he is a Amerasian.

This book is about survival, about hope, about nonstop trying. Your road to the happiness, to the freedom maybe very hard, sometimes you feel like your life is doing everything to nock you down but if you have the will of steel then you will get what you want at the end of the road. The readers whose read this book will get a lot of learning, a lot of energy to to get pass or to stand firm and move on their road because the journey of Kien was a lot harder and more painful than a lot of people but he still kept a lot of hope to get through it. Personally with me, I really like the book because Kien circumstances are a lot like of mine, and after reading the book I realized a lot of things for me to keep trying and be grated for. If you are in hard circumstance of your life then please read this book,it's gonna help to a lot.

Book Review by Vy D.