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\"Dust<\/a>The book, apparently “based 80-90 percent on real stories,” is admittedly over-the-top in a Miss Saigon<\/em> sort of way. But the Donna\/Mai story is everything Hollywood is searching for \u2013 so no surprise that it’s supposedly been optioned to be made into a major motion picture. Donna is the lovely American girl mourning the loss of her father; Mai is Donna’s former self, a tortured little girl desperately trying to survive the brutality of the Vietnam War as an unwanted, GI-fathered, hapa cast-off.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek<\/em>, August 29, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"DustThe book, apparently “based 80-90 percent on real stories,” is admittedly over-the-top in a Miss Saigon<\/em> sort of way. But the Donna\/Mai story is everything Hollywood is searching for \u2013 so no surprise that it’s supposedly been optioned to be made into a major motion picture. Donna is the lovely American girl mourning the loss of her father; Mai is Donna’s former self, a tortured little girl desperately trying to survive the brutality of the Vietnam War as an unwanted, GI-fathered, hapa cast-off.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek<\/em>, August 29, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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