Wandering Souls [electronic resource]

Cecile Pin2023

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope' Ocean Vuong 'Heartbreaking ... a deeply affecting reckoning with history' i-D 'Powerful ... a bold debut that breaks new ground' Sunday Times An extraordinary and heartbreaking debut novel about the bonds that connect people even when separated by seas or death itself. There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies - everything in between is speculation. One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel but as weeks go by it becomes clear that only one party has survived the voyage. Anh, Thanh and Minh suddenly find themselves alone in the world, without family or home. They travel on, navigating refugee camps and resettlement centres un...