Snow in Vietnam, Amy M. Le
Snow in Vietnam, Amy M. Le
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Snow in Vietnam
A Novel

Author: Amy M. Le

Series: Snow #1

Narrator: An Phan

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2024


Synopsis

Growing up in war-torn Vietnam was normal, even idyllic at times, for Snow, the youngest of seven children in her family. Although her heart belongs to an American GI, she honors her father by marrying a Vietnamese man. Her halcyon life unravels as the Vietnam War ravages her country and the threat of communism culminates with the fall of Saigon. Life in unified Vietnam under the new regime becomes unbearable. Betrayed by her husband and left with a dying child to raise, Snow must set aside her morals and push herself to the limit emotionally, physically, and mentally, to buy her way out of the country. Her decision to escape and find sanctuary in America takes her adrift in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand with her daughter, nephew, and other boat refugees. For days, they are at the mercy of pirates, storms, and dire conditions. Ultimately, Snow settles into a refugee camp on the island of Galang in Indonesia, but life there is deplorable. The threat of repatriation and the will to keep her family alive keeps her motivated to hustle for a ticket to freedom.
“Wow, Snow in Vietnam is better than Miss Saigon! A story told from someone who lived through love, loss, and the pursuit of freedom during the Vietnam War. A triumphant story of the Vietnamese boat people!” — Loc Bui, Business Development Officer, Media Vines Corp
"The book is beautifully written, the story told with equal amounts of heart and skill and this reader could hardly tear away from the story for real-life each day." —Kim Hornsby, USA Today Bestselling Author and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author
"I also loved the novel." —Bill McCloud, Vietnam Veterans of America
"This novel is epic.” —Michael Harmon, Vietnam War Veteran
"One of the best books I have ever read." —Greg Simpson, Vietnam War Veteran

Reviews

Goodreads review by Juliet on June 06, 2022

Some backstory on why I picked this novel up. When I was a child we sponsored a family from Vietnam after the fall of Saigon, boat refugees. I was only 8 or 9 so I didn't grasp what they went through. They had a little girl my age and lived with our family in Wilmington NC until they could get on th......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on September 06, 2021

There are some books that touch the heart and are also packed with pulse-pounding suspense. This is one of them. Snow in Vietnam tells the story of a woman who is forced to call on every bit of resilience to survive and yet manages to keep her sense of humor and compassion for others intact. Snow mu......more

Goodreads review by Donna on February 12, 2022

Snow in Vietnam took me on an emotional journey. The book opens on a close family in Vietnam, their lives filled with love and laughter. That idealistic picture changes with dizzying speed during the Fall of Saigon, with the horrors of war, the brutality of the communist regime, and man’s inhumanity......more

Goodreads review by Diep on November 05, 2019

The book touched my heart indeed. I fortunately was not experienced in such period but can somehow find myself being Déjà vu via the book. And although it's a novel only, I could hardly deny the facts it reflected, which the elders once told me when I was a kid, which I was too young to understand. A......more

Goodreads review by Kim on November 08, 2019

Snow in Vietnam is the story of a woman who would not give up in the face of horrific adversity at the fall of Saigon and occupation of South Vietnam by the Vietcong in the late 70's. The book is beautifully written, the story told with equal amounts of heart and skill and this reader could hardly t......more