Pioneer Girl

Note: My thoughts are all over the place after finishing this book and my review may reflect that, sorry for random ramblings. I hope you get the gist. Ever since I was a little kid, any mention of pioneers drew me in. Apparently I am still that same girl that becomes rapt with attention at the menti......more

If this intriguing layered novel only told the family focused story of Lee Lien, a book-nerdy young woman with an on-hold academic career trying to straddle the contrasting cultures and conflicting expectations of modern America, where she was born, and traditional pre-war Vietnam, where her strong-......more

Fans of Little House on the Prairie, owners of the boxed set (either pale blue like mine or pale yellow if you are a bit younger than I), as I am, will be charmed by parts of this book. I was. But it wasn't quite enough. In fact, the memoir The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little H......more

Pioneer Girl offers a refreshing take on the “what if?” story. Nguyen uniquely links together the Vietnam War and the Little House series. I was completely drawn-in from the first page. I would highly recommend this book!......more

This was a cute book with ties to The Little House on the Prarie. I grew up reading those books with my mom and sister, so I knew I would like this. Vietnamese American woman coming to terms with her mothers passing, a surprising object and a missing brother. Right up my alley kind of book.......more