Publisher's Synopsis
I didn't know the world was ending-not the way grown-ups did. I only knew the way my mother's hand gripped mine tighter at the airport, the way her voice broke when she whispered, "Don't let go." But I didn't have the words to explain it. So, I turned it into a story-the only way a five-year-old could understand war.
An Intimate Look at the Fall of Saigon: A Young Girl's Memoirs of her Family's Journey is a memoir, yes. But through the eyes of a five-year-old, truth comes softened, blurred at the edges, wrapped in imagination. Based on the author's real experiences during the FALL of SAIGON and the tail end of the VIETNAM WAR, this story reads like fiction-not because the facts are untrue, but because a child remembers in fragments, in colors, in emotions. Each chapter is a memory-part dream, part nightmare-stitched together by the quiet voice of a girl trying to understand why her world was vanishing. If you're drawn to stories that feel like whispered memories, this book will stay with you. It doesn't explain the war-it shows you what it felt like. From the empty houses left behind, to refugee camps filled with strangers and uncertain hope, this story pulls you in like a child's dream-raw, honest, and hauntingly poetic. It's a rare glimpse into history, seen not through strategy or politics, but through the emotional truth only a child can tell. Read An Intimate Look at the Fall of Saigon and let yourself remember what it means to lose a home and find a new one.
