Showing posts with label the unwanted: a memoir of childhood. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

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.

The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

Author: Kien Nguyen

This book is autobiography by Kien Nguyen.  He tells about his childhood from Vietnam and how hard it was for his family, the house maid, and cooks after the war in 1975. The theme of the book is This is his first book I read and I don't know if he have other books he written. A theme I got is that life have opstacles and challenges one can gain knowledge and experiences

Kien went through horrible time from his home country. He was treated like a bad and got things take away from him. The important characters are Kien, his brother Jimmy, his sister BeTi, his mother, grandmother, and grandfather. “Don't let this anger ruin your life any more than it has” is a quote I admire because it's true that anger can ruin the life others and myself live in.


I like the book because it's like a lesson that people learn everyday and this book touched me and gave me another person’s experience. If your looking for a book that's like an autobiography or a true sad story that came from a person that has witness terrible things this is a book for you


Book Review by Christopher Y.