Books on the Bench: Vinh Nguyen

Join us at Sons & Daughters Winery for an engaging conversation with Vinh Nguyen, in conversation with Jolie Phuong Hoang about his compelling memoir The Migrant Rain Flows in Reverse.

With the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat was Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished.

Decades later, Nguyen goes looking for answers. What he discovers is a sea of questions drifting above sunken truths. To find his father—and anchor himself in the present—Nguyen must piece together the debris of history with family stories that have been scattered across generations and continents, kept for years in broken hearts and guarded silences.

As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse takes readers on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps, abandoned family homes, and reimagined lives.

Part fractured reminiscence, part invented history, and part fictional fabulation, Nguyen’s story is about learning to live with what’s already lost and the memories of what might have been.

6:45PM Doors open
7:30PM Author Conversation begins
8:30PM Book Signing begins

Someday Books will be onsite selling books.

Thanks to our generous sponsors including:
Meridian
Niagara Peninsula Energy

Tickets are $45 ticket, which includes entrance to the event, a $20 tax receipt, your choice of  white or red wine (non-alcoholic options will be available).

Tickets can be purchased online or in-person at any LPPL branch.