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It is believed that the Hmong and Yao are descendants of ethnic groups once located in southern China. Many Hmong live in hiding in the jungles of Laos in fear.
T o Minnesotans, rich in immigrant lore, Kao Kalia Yang’s family memoir will strike familiar chords. Yes, there are the tales of families learning a new language and culture, struggling to survive in modest jobs and housing, dreaming of better lives for their children. Of schoolchildren translating for their elders, learning English swear words and taking care of younger siblings while parents worked. Of struggles between ancient wisdom and modern lifestyles. But while many of our forebears from a century ago came to Minnesota in search of opportunity, Yang’s family and other Hmong people had to run for their lives.
After the Vietnam War spilled into Laos, they endured years of violence, jungle privation and refugee camps. Yang was born in in a Thai refugee camp “where kids kept secrets and adults stayed inside themselves. Her book “The Latehomecomer” reprises events before her birth: It is the love story of her parents, a gripping tale of adventure and escape, a history lesson of the Hmong people dating to their years in China, a tribute to Yang’s beloved grandmother and a window into Hmong funeral customs.
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