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Podcast: Infatu Asian Podcast
Episode: Ep 194 Author Jamie Jo Hoang on Writing the Stories Our Vietnamese Parents Never Tell
Description: Author Jamie Jo Hoang has written a pair of companion books, My Father the Panda Killer and My Mother the Mermaid Chaser. They explore the Vietnamese American experience through the eyes of American-born teenagers and their refugee parents. They are fictional, but history "adjacent" for many children of immigrants.
Also joining me on this episode is returning guest, licensed clinical social worker, Allison Ly, who came on episode #129 last year. I had a feeling Allison would love these books, and I was right!
Get Jamie's book, My Mother the Mermaid Chaser, wherever you get books...