Having recounted the experience of Vietnamese refugees and forced laborers in France in the first volume, Baloup now travels to the United States to interview Vietnamese Americans who fled Vietnam during and after the end of the war.

The majority of the book is given over to the tales of three women: one is the victim of sexual assault, another is detained in Vietnamese re-education camps, and the third is involved in a series of bad relationships. All are admirable for the fortitude they display in overcoming the obstacles and setbacks on their determined courses to better lives.

Trigger warnings: The rape scene is fairly graphic. There are scenes of a suicide and suicide attempt.

There is also a weirdly discomforting meta scene of naked women worried that someone is peeping at them. ( )

Une référence sur l'histoire des vietnamiens : l'immigration aux Etats-Unis dans ce volume ( )