Description
Told in dual POV, this gripping companion piece to My Father, the Panda Killer, follows a teenage son who defies his sisters wishes by searching for more information about their absent mother. Meanwhile, his mothers poignant backstory reveals her struggle with grief and longing, culminating in her heart-wrenching decision to leave her children.
A cleverly narrated and perfectlypaced powerful dive into healinggenerational trauma. Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeepers Daughter
San Jose, 2008 Paul yearns to know more about the mother who abandoned his family, but she is the only topic no one discusses. Nows hes in Vietnam, feeling displaced and considered an outsider. Plus, a ghost is haunting him even though he doesnt believe in ghosts. His cousin and the grandmother hes never met before now keep telling him that hell get answers only if hes willing to open his ears.
Vũng T?u, 1975 Ngọc Lan is eleven when her family breaks apart: her brother is drafted into the army; her father leaves on the last helicopter to the US. She and her sister are sent from Vietnam on a harrowing journey by boat. Only Ngọc Lan will survive. But what is the American dream when you are haunted by the death of your sister, missing your homeland; seeing ghostly mermaid sightings; lost in an abusive marriage; struggling as a parent?
Told in the alternating perspectives of Paul and Ngọc Lan, My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser is a haunting story about the intergenerational effects of war, estranged family bonds, and how a teenager discovers a new connection to a lost part of himself.
Author: Jamie Jo Hoang
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9780593643006
Language: English
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