Mother prepares an alter to chant father to his return offering fruit, incense,tuberoses,and glutinous rice.

Mother would laugh when father followed her around the kitchen repeating I'm starved for stewed eel,tuyet sut.

Mother shrugs, More room here that two mats on a ship

Brother Quang is the oldest in the family.

Brother Quang has memories of his father.

Brother Quang goes to college.

Brother Quang thinks war is too much.

Brother Quang is twenty-one years old.

He is studying engineering.

Brother Quang forces a swallow before explaining we are used to fresh killed chicken that roamed the yard

Brother Quang says its to ease the guilt of losing the war

Our cowboy brings is wrapped in plastic or pushed into cans, while chicken and beef are chopped and frozen

Brother khoi is mad at mother for taking his hen's eggs.

Brother khoi refuses to eat his,Putting each other under a lamp in hopes of a chick.

Brother Vu is obsessed with Bruce Lee

When brother Vu punches through brick he always say ha ya

Brother Vu found a baby papaya the size of his fist clinging to the trunk

Kim Ha had a papaya tree.

Kim Ha has a short temper.

Kim Ha is getting made fun of because of her name.

Kim Ha is a spirited and lively girl.

Kim Ha personality is tenacity.

Kim Ha lives have three older brothers.

Kim Ha never known her dad.

Her dad went missing in action when she was just a baby.

Kim Ha had to deal with her life changing until it was inside out when leaving, then she got to experience it shifting back again while finding a new home.