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163 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The Girl in the trash can by Thoi T. Tran-Bullard.
Thoi endured a difficult childhood in the agricultural fields of Viet Nam with war time planes flying overhead. She made her way to Saigon, eventually meeting her future husband, U.S. Navy CDR. Lewis Bullard, and a successful new life in America, eventually moving to Jacksonville, Florida with her husband.
Contents: Asian dragon -- Thoi's Vietnam -- Thoi the's Story -- On being a Tran -- Vietnam village housing -- Thoi's father -- Growing rice -- Charcoal driven pump -- Peanuts -- Thoi's mother -- Thoi's early values -- Fate of Thoi's sisters -- Thoi's sister revisited -- Thoi the buffalo girl -- Early lessons -- Old roots -- Au Pair on Highway one -- Education of Thoi -- Thoi's English -- Superstitions -- Cau Trau betel nut -- Brooms -- Medicine -- Wedding -- Thoi's fate - Taste of respect -- On becoming me -- Thoi and work -- Thoi on the fourth floor -- A Tuning fork in my tummy -- Thinking about how my brain works -- Teen age Christmases -- Working for the Yankee dollar -- Vietnamese poem -- Commander Lewis D.Bullard,USN -- Married -- Thoi meets the promised land -- Thoi's American family -- Oh! What have I done to myself? -- Thoi's time -- Thoi the Toyota girl -- The further Americanization of Thoi -- My father's funeral -- Thoi and Sears -- Learning the ropes -- Thoi's work 2 (from bicycle shop to Sears warehouse) -- Thoi the magnet -- Thoi the accidental landlord -- Thoi and parents as friends -- One thing or another -- Religion -- Life after Sears -- Family services -- A reunion -- Another challenge -- Life in the fish bowl -- City Hall part two -- Thoi and my fourth life -- Communication and culture -- One of my boat people float back -- The Thoi Bullard method -- Fusion in the kitchen -- Eating soup with chop sticks -- Thoi and the pen -- How things change -- Fading into the mist -- Thoi the gardener -- Wednesday's thoughts -- A calmer place -- Thoi's morning thoughts -- Thoi and the river -- Tran house number two -- Two Veronica's.
Library copy inscribed on title page by author to Emily Lisska, dated 3/21/2018.
OnLine Binding is a division of Knopf Enterprises.
Emily Lisska interview on You Tube as part of the Diverse Cultures of Northeast Florida: Melting pot, 4/8/2018.Collection
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Vietnamese Americans., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese., Tran-Bullard, Thoi T., Bullard, Lewis D., 1936-1986.Publication Details
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Tran-Bullard, Thoi T.Publisher
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Jacksonville, FLCall No.
DS 556.93 .T7 A3 2015