Tien Ngo

A Blossom in Bloom (eBook, ePUB)

Drawing Strength from My Asian Women Ancestors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tien Ngo is diaspora Vietnamese. Whose family are post-Vietnam War survivor. She began her journey to first understand and then heal from her personal experiences over ten years ago. As she processed the experiences that made her who she is and ultimately led her down a different path, Tien felt called to guide others to move away from a volatile cancel culture, disrupt the model minority myth, and build a new community culture. Her healing path lead her to call onto her ancestors for strength and guidance, especially the Vietnamese women of her ancestry. In a candid story of self-discovery, Tien shares insight into what it is like to navigate through the unsettling feelings of not belonging to a country while facing discrimination, hate, expectations, violence, biases, assimilation, and erasure as a first generation Vietnamese woman living in the United States of America. As she leads others through her recollections, Tien reveals how she was able to accept and name her experiences, and then create a spacer to reduce her caretaking role for those who abused and oppressed her and allow her to become her real self. A Blossom in Bloom is the memoir of a first generation Vietnamese American woman determined to heal from erasure, assimilation, hate, and the model minority myth and help others be seen and know they are not alone.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Balboa Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765247921
• Artikelnr.: 69763790

Autorenporträt

Tien Ngo 's journey unfolds in the midst of a family history shaped by colonization, erasure, and enslavement. From a lineage marked by inherited resilience and compassion, Tien's relatives survived the aftermath of the Vietnam War by embracing the model minority myth. Navigating the complexities of preserving cultural identity and grappling with societal expectations in the wake of trauma. Life's experiences sculpted Tien into a dissenting voice, a healer, a disruptor of shame, a catalyst for change, a devoted parent, a guiding leader, a trusted friend, a confidant, an educator, a captivating performer, a passionate human rights advocate, and a breaker of systemic barriers.