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She weeps each time you're born

A young girl born under mysterious circumstances a few years before the reunification of Vietnam possesses the otherworldly ability to hear the voices of the dead.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barry, Quan
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Families > Vietnam > Fiction. Psychic ability > Fiction. Vietnam > History > 20th century > Fiction.
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Summary:	A young girl born under mysterious circumstances a few years before the reunification of Vietnam possesses the otherworldly ability to hear the voices of the dead.
Physical Description:	270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
ISBN:	9780307911773 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0307911772 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Born in Saigon and raised on Boston's north shore, Quan Barry is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of four poetry books; her third book, Water Puppets , won the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and was a PEN/Open Book finalist. She has received NEA Fellowships in both fiction and poetry, and her work has appeared in such publications as Ms. and The New Yorker . Barry lives in Wisconsin.