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Key Phrases: viet kieu, boat person, reeducation camp, Hong Kong, Viet Cong, San Francisco (more...)
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Winner of the 2006 PEN/Beyond Margins Award

A Book Sense Notable Book December 2005


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  • Paperback: 140 pages
  • Publisher: Heyday Books (October 31, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597140201
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597140201
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #392,862 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars STRIKINGLY HONEST AND TRUE, November 13, 2005
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As I read this collection of essays, I almost felt as if it were my own memoir. Lam's feelings of growing up in two different cultures struck a cord in me and made me realize that someone else out there felt the same way I did growing up in America.

This is an important piece of literature because it truly captures the sentiment of the Vietnamese-American torn between two cultures, betweeen the contemporary and the traditional, between two separate generations, between war and peace.

For anyone who grew up feeling not really accepted by either your heritage culture or the current one, this is the book for you. Lam truly captures the Vietnamese-American experience and I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Andrew is a gifted writer and a gate keeper / historian for Vietnamese Americans , December 14, 2006
By Tony T. Tran (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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Perfume Dreams is a must read book for all Vietnamese Americans. Andrew is a gifted writer, a gate keeper / history teller for Vietnamese American who are living in America. He has never lost his touch with his root.

The Perfum Dreams touches all sides of experiences the Vietnamese refugees and immigrants. The "haves and not haves, the fortunate and unfortunate" lives of Vietnamese-Americans.

I am looking forward for more of his future books. We should all feel proud to have someone like Andrew to keep us in touch with ourselves and remind us of the challenges in living in America.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Important, poignant essays, May 28, 2006
By Quang X. Pham (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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Andrew Lam has been writing about the Vietnamese diaspora longer than anyone I know. Since the early 1990s his works have appeared in national publications. "Perfume Dreams" is the amalgamation of his perspectives, ones that many of us former refugees can relate in our own lives. I had the pleasure of taking part in book events in NYC and LA with Andrew. In a way we've come full circle since our last elementary school day in Saigon when a defecting South Vietnamese jet bombed the Presidential Palace a few hundred meters across the street. Pick up this must-have book to better understand the Vietnamese identity in America.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt
Lam's writing is deeply moving. Going beneath an often impenetrable silence Lam reincarnates with passion, not only for himself and his family, but for many others as well, what... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Look at Life through The Eyes of a Vietnamese-American
Andrew Lam writes with such great passion and sensitivity that one becomes totally absorbed in his essays that are in his award winning book "Perfume Dreams". Read more
Published on October 7, 2007 by W. H. McDonald Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars A telling recounting of one person's Diaspora
The telling of this most personal journey avoids any and all hyperbole or belittling. Boldly Andrew Lam presents the opportunities found by the exile who chooses to leave his... Read more
Published on July 28, 2007 by Joseph Fabel

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