Overview

The Saigon Sisters offers the narratives of a group of privileged women who were immersed in a French lycee and later rebelled and fought for independence, starting with France's occupation of Vietnam and continuing through US involvement and life after war ends in 1975. Tracing the lives of nine women, The Saigon Sisters reveals these women's stories as they forsook safety and comfort to struggle for independence, and describes how they adapted to life in the jungle, whether facing bombing raids, malaria, deadly snakes, or other trials. How did they juggle double lives working for the resistance in Saigon? How could they endure having to rely on family members to raise their own children? Why, after being sent to study abroad by anxious parents, did several women choose to return to serve their country? How could they bear open-ended separation from their husbands? How did they cope with sending their children to villages to escape the bombings of Hanoi? In spite of the maelstrom of war, how did they forge careers? And how, in spite of dislocation and distrust following the end of the war in 1975, did these women find each other and rekindle their friendships? Patricia D. Norland answers these questions and more in this powerful and personal approach to history.

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Author:   Patricia D. Norland
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501749735

ISBN 10:   1501749730
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   15 July 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"1. Thanh: ""Our Hearts Beating for the Cause"" 2. Trang: ""Living a Contradiction"" 3. Minh: ""Generation at a Crossroads"" 4. Le An: ""The University of Life"" 5. Sen: ""A Question of Habit"" 6. Tuyen: ""A Chance to Succeed"" 7. Lien An: ""Deep Down, We Remain Vietnamese"" 8. Xuan: ""Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality Were Not for Our People"" 9. Oahn: ""I Did Not Become a Refugee"" 10. Tranh: ""We Are, After All, Human Beings"" 11. Trang: ""Prepared for Any Sacrifice or Risk"" 12. Minh: ""I Led Two Lives"" 13. Le An: ""The Theme of Our Work... Was Revolution"" 14. Sen: ""Working for the People, Not a Particular Party"" 15. Tuyen: ""Everyone Was Wrong"" 16. Lien An: ""We Understood What We Had to Do"" 17. Xuan: ""We Could Not Stay Indifferent"" 18. Oanh: ""French Are Very Nice in France and Very Colonialist in the Colonies"" 19. Reuniting Epilogue"

Reviews

To put it mildly, these stories are gripping. * Green Left * In recording the histories and putting them to print, Patricia Norland succeeded in capturing an important slice of history and the very personal story of exemplary women. * Foreign Service Journal *

In recording the histories and putting them to print, Patricia Norland succeeded in capturing an important slice of history and the very personal story of exemplary women. * Foreign Service Journal * To put it mildly, these stories are gripping. * Green Left *

In recording the histories and putting them to print, Patricia Norland succeeded in capturing an important slice of history and the very personal story of exemplary women. * Foreign Service Journal *

Author Information

Patricia D. Norland most recently worked as a public diplomacy officer within the US Department of State. She is the translator of Beyond the Horizon and the author of Vietnam in the Children of the World series.

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