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Kaying And Chay,A Hmong Odyssey

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The horrors of war are neither glamorized nor glossed over as they provide the backdrop for this fast paced story of two young people who are forbidden to marry because one was born outside the clan and adopted into it because there were too few boy babies born within. The story is tied together with intrigue and the religious and cultural traditions of the Hmong people of Laos. Because my denomination, the C&MA, has a special interest in the Vietnamease Hmong and has established Hmong congregations in twenty-three states, I found this story especially appealing. Some readers my have difficulty keeping the names of the characters straight since they are hard to pronounce and to remember. A genealogical chart and a pronunciation guide are provided in the front of the book to help with this problem. Churches with missionaries in Southeast Asia will find this story useful when studying the Hmong culture.