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House of Sticks : a Memoir by Ly Tran; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is House of Sticks : a Memoir about?

An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl ' s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly's father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents' Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brownsville, Brooklyn, that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbi

Who reads House of Sticks : a Memoir?

Author

Ly Tran; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., Scribner

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501118814

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.5 / 5 (312 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14