Events › Hyde Park Book Club: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

The Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month in Weld Hall at the Hyde Park Branch Library and virtually on Zoom. This program is for adults. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. For more information or to join the Book Club virtually, please email staff at hydepark@bpl.org.

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

The multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việtnam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart. Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việtnam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.

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